Facebook's stock, which already took a big hit last week, dropped further Monday after the Federal Trade Commission confirmed news reports that it was investigating the company. Separately, the attorneys general for 37 U.S. states and territories sought details Monday on how Facebook monitored … Read More

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Believe it or not, something good for consumers could come out of the Facebook data scandal. To recap, a quiz app harvested 50 million Facebook profiles for data which were then sent over to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that was caught claiming it handled the digital aspects of President Donald … …

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In April 2016, Mark Zuckerberg delivered the keynote address at Facebook's annual F8 Developer Conference, in which he shared the company's aspiration to “give everyone the power to share anything with anyone.” In the wake of last week's revelations on unauthorized use of the company's massive … Read More

The US Federal Trade Commission has confirmed it is probing Facebook over privacy concerns, sending the social network's share price into a downward spiral. The FTC said in a statement on Monday it has launched a non-public investigation into reports of Facebook's policies amid continued … Read More

The hits just keep on coming for Facebook and its media-narrative frenemy Cambridge Analytica. Earlier today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said it was investigating Facebook for its privacy practices, and now Cook County, Illinois, is suing the two companies, accusing them of misusing the data … Read More

Facebook's standing in the eyes of Americans has slumped after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, according to a new poll. The number of US respondents who viewed the company unfavourably jumped from 28 per cent in October to 43 per cent in mid-March. Over the same period the proportion of … Read …

While Facebook continues its apology tour — including making a full-page statement in print — news organizations might not want to get too comfortable, thanks to online tracking-based advertising. Doc Searls shared some thoughts on what he sees as the hypocrisy of news organizations covering … Read More

Fresh off its week-long response to the Cambridge Analytica story, Facebook made headlines again this weekend when some users downloading their Facebook data archives noticed the company had been harvesting their phone records and archiving them on its own servers. The company's response … Read More