Zuckerberg says Facebook is working with special counsel Mueller in probe
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified to a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees Tuesday that Facebook is cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. "I know we are working with them," Zuckerberg said during the hearing. When asked by Senator … Read More
Mark Zuckerberg isn’t ruling out a paid version of Facebook
Like most things on the internet, Facebook has always been free to users, supported by targeted advertising. But as concerns have grown over data collection, many users have expressed interest in a paid, ad-free version of Facebook — and Mark Zuckerberg may not be opposed to the idea. Read More
Zuckerberg struggles to name a single Facebook competitor
In Zuckerberg's testimony before a joint session between the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees today, the Facebook CEO was forced to confront whether his company was now effectively a monopoly. Concerns about Facebook's monopoly status have surfaced over the last year, with growing … Read More
What the government could actually do about Facebook
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testifying before Congress Tuesday and Wednesday in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and revelations about the platform's role in the dissemination of Russian disinformation during the 2016 presidential campaign to answer questions … Read More
Zuckerberg faces grilling over Facebook controversies
Mark Zuckerberg has been told by lawmakers that if Facebook cannot staunch its privacy leaks then he should be prepared for the US Congress to wade in to police it. In opening statements at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, lawmakers excoriated Mr Zuckerberg for failing to protect users' personal … Read …
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook didn’t notify FTC of leak: ‘We considered it a closed case’
Mark Zuckerberg is testifying at a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees Tuesday. It's the first of two congressional hearings for the Facebook founder and CEO. Zuckerberg is likely to face tough questions on user privacy, foreign meddling on the site and abuse of social media … Read …
Facebook: Cambridge Analytica data had private messages
Facebook has confirmed that private messages were included in data involved in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The social network said that about 0.5% of the 305,000 people who installed a personal data-harvesting app had given permission for it to access their Facebook inboxes. However, many … Read More
Cambridge Analytica may have had access to private Facebook Messenger messages
Facebook has started to help users figure out whether or not they've been affected by the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and detailed in the company's notification is the fact that Facebook users may have also had their private messages leaked to Cambridge Analytica. As pointed out by researcher … Read More
My Facebook Was Breached by Cambridge Analytica. Was Yours?
We have banned the app “This Is Your Digital Life,” which one of your friends used Facebook to log into. We did this because the app may have misused some of your Facebook information by sharing it with a company called Cambridge Analytica. In most cases, the information was limited …
Check if your Facebook data was shared with Cambridge Analytica
All Facebook users are being encouraged to check the social network's well-hidden privacy settings to see which apps and websites have permission to access their Facebook data. While you can revoke access now, this won't mean that any data collected is deleted by third parties. And that's where … Read More