Facebook suspends controversial data-analysis firm Cambridge Analytica from its platform
Facebook announced on Friday that Cambridge Analytica, the data-analysis firm that played an important role in Donald Trump's online strategy during the 2016 election, has been suspended from the social-media platform for mishandling user data. "Given the public prominence of this organization, we … Read More
Facebook bans political data company Cambridge Analytica
Facebook has banned Cambridge Analytica, the political data company that worked with the Trump presidential campaign, claiming it violated rules by failing to delete user data collected by an app for research purposes. The social network said on Friday that it would suspend Strategic Communications … Read More
Facebook suspends controversial data firm Cambridge Analytica
The data firm credited with helping Donald Trump win the 2016 US election has been suspended from Facebook. At the centre of the row is University of Cambridge professor Aleksandr Kogan who, according to Facebook, made a "personality app" that in fact gathered data he then sold to third parties. …
Facebook Apologizes For Offensive Search Suggestions That Shock Users
After entering the words “video of” into Facebook's search bar, an undetermined number of users received such suggestions as “video of minor” and “video of little girl giving oral.” Once word got out, Facebook quickly patched the problem, and issued an apology. “We're very sorry this happened,” … Read More
Facebook suspends SCL, Cambridge Analytica for violating policies
Facebook said in a statement that it learned in 2015 that a psychology professor at the University of Cambridge, Aleksandr Kogan, "lied to us and violated our Platform Policies by passing data from an app that was using Facebook Login to SCL/Cambridge Analytica, which does political, government and … Read More
Why Facebook’s Masters of the Universe Are More Paranoid Than Ever
Facebook and Google use internal affairs departments to crack down on leakers, and in some cases hire third-party agencies to surveil their employees. (One firm, Pinkerton, counts both companies as clients.) Last year, according to a report from the Guardian, a Facebook employee was told he was in … Read More
Facebook Lite comes to the US and other developed countries
Facebook is bringing the minimalist version of its app to some developed countries, including the United States. Facebook Lite is a parred down version of the social network's mobile app. It is designed as a way for people with older phones, limited data plans, or slow and intermittent internet … Read …
Facebook apologises for sickening suggestions of child abuse videos
“We're very sorry this happened. As soon as we became aware of these offensive predictions we removed them,” Facebook said in a statement. “Facebook search predictions are representative of what people may be searching for on Facebook and are not necessarily reflective of actual content on the … Read More
You may have to wait for Oculus Go until Facebook’s May event
Variety reports that the $199 Oculus Go headset will launch at Facebook's F8 developer conference on May 1. While that's not technically a delay, it definitely stretches the company's original promise of "early 2018." It is a little surprising, though, because images of what appeared to be near-final Oculus … Read …
Standalone Oculus Go headset could debut at Facebook’s F8 event
Last year Oculus teased its standalone "Go" VR headset saying it would go on sale for $199 early in 2018. Now Variety cites unnamed sources claiming that it will debut at Facebook's F8 conference May 1st. That should provide the kind of stage Zuckerberg, Barra & Co. would like for …