British and US lawyers have launched a joint class action against Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and two other companies for allegedly misusing the personal data of more than 71 million people. The lawsuit claims the firms obtained users' private information from the social media network to develop … Read More

If you don't have the app installed, you can also go to Facebook's Help Center page (http://facebook.com/help) and search "Cambridge Analytica." Facebook will let you know if your account details were obtained or not. In the notification, Facebook explains — and this is important because it means that … Read More

Facebook says it will begin informing users as to whether their personal data may have been wrongly shared with a British research company. Beginning Monday, Facebook said users who may have had private data shared with Cambridge Analytica will receive a message about it in their News Feed. Read More

When Mark Zuckerberg bought four houses surrounding his Palo Alto property in 2013, journalists and others were full of snark about how highly the Facebook founder seemed to value his privacy — at the princely sum of about $30m. NBC News later joked that Zuckerberg was “updating his privacy … Read …

For all the risk facing Facebook when public hearings start on Tuesday, top aides on Capitol Hill worry that lawmakers could drive themselves into serious peril if they take detours into fringe theories or shaky political grievances. Yet that is precisely what many expect their bosses to do when the …

While Facebook desperately tightens controls over how third parties access its users' data – trying to mend its damaged reputation – attention is focusing on the wider issue of data harvesting and the threat it poses to our personal privacy. Data harvesting is a multibillion dollar industry and the sobering … …

CNN reports that Ian MacKay – an official with the National Union of Workers – helped set up and run a Facebook page called Black Lives Matter as well as other domain names linked to black rights. The page, which was removed by Facebook after CNN's queries, had almost 700,000 …

The historic Sequoia Fund sharpened its focus in online media during the first quarter, according to a shareholder letter that appeared in advance of its portfolio update. The fund made Alphabet its top holding by adding to the position and trimming Berkshire Hathaway, its former No. 1. At the end …

The largest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook was discovered to be a fake with ties to online fundraisers that raised nearly a $100,000 — some of which was transferred to Australian bank accounts — raising questions over how Facebook verifies the identity of its pages. The page bore the …

(WASHINGTON) — Facebook is displaying advertisements for well-known American corporations on group pages operated by overseas wildlife traffickers illegally selling the body parts of threatened animals, including elephant ivory, rhino horn and tiger teeth. In a secret complaint filed with the … Read More