Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Readies To Testify On Capitol Hill … Zuckerberg will testify in Congress about the shockingly vast access that political operatives had to data of its users. The news broke during another crisis, Facebook's role in the 2016 election. Facebook; Twitter; Flipboard; Email … Read More

In the wake of the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica debacle, we're hearing a lot of new and interesting ideas about how to solve the so-called Facebook problem: Let's classify Facebook as a monopoly and break it up. Let's declare it a public utility and regulate it like electricity or phone service. Let's …

1) You have turned down parliament's request to answer questions about Facebook's role in our referendum three times. What gives? It was a polite request. If you were a British citizen or a British company, parliament could compel you. That you've refused – three times – raises urgent questions about … …

"It's not just Facebook, it's also Google, it's Amazon. The deal with the internet is that you give up some of your personal information in order to get a service." While the scare has exposed just how vulnerable our data can be in a digital age, experts say we often …

A new study by the University of Queensland has found that leaving Facebook can rapidly decrease stress levels. Of 138 active Facebook users involved with the study, half were told to stop using the site for five days. The research team tested this group's levels of cortisol (a stress hormone) …

Facebook continues to run into trouble regarding privacy. After the Cambridge Analytica scandal came to light, many people deleting their Facebook accounts realized that Messenger has been collecting call/SMS metadata for years. Now the company is once again under fire, this time for allowing … Read More

Facebook is set to cash in on its data privacy scandal as new controls cut out middlemen and drive more advertising revenues to the social media giant. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, 33, has unveiled a raft of changes to head off a regulatory crackdown and to regain public trust jeopardised …

The Cambridge Analytica scandal — also known as the largest data leak in Facebook history — caused the social network to lose around a million daily users from the United States and Canada. If you're not one of these users, and the thought of your personal data being used to …

“Tonight, I'd like to apologize to all 87 million of you one-by-one,” Moffat's Zuckerberg said about Facebook's recent data leaks. When Jost asked if users would be getting ownership of their personal information back, he responded, “Psh, no. Because it's mine. You gave it to me.” He also tried to …

In this case, the tip was adorned with the Facebook logo while the submerged mass represented “Every other website making money from tracking-based advertising”. The moral: “Facebook's Cambridge Analytica problems are nothing compared to what's coming for all of online publishing.”. Read More