Facebook will limit developers’ access to account data
In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has announced further limits it'll be placing on apps that gain access to your account. Developers will now receive less information in the first place, they'll be cut off from access when people stop using their app, and they'll have to …
How to control your data on Facebook — or quit it
The scandal surrounding the use of Facebook data by Cambridge Analytica has triggered calls for users to quit the social network. Even Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, the messaging service Facebook acquired in 2014 for $22bn, tweeted on Tuesday: “It is time #deletefacebook”. For those who … Read More
Facebook’s Shareholders Are Disappointed
Anyway Facebook Inc. wants to make it very clear that it did not suffer a data breach. When a researcher got data about millions of Facebook users without those users' explicit permission, and when the researcher turned that data over to Cambridge Analytica for political targeting in violation of … Read …
Under Fire and Losing Trust, Facebook Plays the Victim
On Tuesday morning, Facebook employees were quiet even for Facebook employees, buried in the news on their phones as they shuffled to a meeting in one of the largest cafeterias at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Mark Zuckerberg, their chief executive officer, had always told them … Read More
Here are five tips to keep your data private on Facebook
After the revelation that a data company called Cambridge Analytica acquired data from millions of Facebook users without their knowledge, many have raised concerns about just how private the information people put on Facebook is. If you're worried that data about you might be circulating among … Read More
This Is the Personal Data that Facebook Collects—And Sometimes Sells
The latest scandal involving Facebook—a data analytics firm that worked for President Trump's campaign and allegedly obtained information on 50 million Facebook users—is a reminder that the social network used to share photos with friends and family also holds a treasure trove of personal data. Read More
Facebook looks ‘radioactive’ after brutal sell-off, says market watcher
One market strategist has a message for investors looking to dip their toes back into the Facebook water in light of its 8 percent skid this week: Too unstable to touch. "The stock right now is no doubt radioactive, and I think it probably faces a tremendous amount of headwinds …
Facebook data row: Cambridge Analytica academic a ‘scapegoat’
An academic who created an app which harvested data from 50 million users says he has been made "a scapegoat" for Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. Dr Aleksandr Kogan said he did not know his work for Cambridge Analytica in 2014 violated Facebook's policies. Cambridge Analytica, which … Read More
Academic who collected 50 million Facebook profiles: ‘We thought we were doing something normal’
The academic at the heart of the Facebook data scandal has said he is being used as a scapegoat by the US tech giant. Aleksandr Kogan, a researcher at Cambridge University, collected a dataset of some tens of millions of Facebook users four years ago using a personality quiz app. …
The case against Facebook
Facebook is enmeshed in another controversy, this time over accusations by the firm Cambridge Analytica that they abused Facebook data to help Donald Trump win the 2016 US presidential election. But this is a big deal fundamentally because of a larger and more fundamental problem with Facebook … Read More