Facebook scandal: I am being used as scapegoat – academic who mined data
Last week Facebook announced it was suspending Cambridge Analytica and Kogan from the platform, pending further investigation over misuse of data. Facebook insists Kogan violated its platform policy by transferring data his app collected to Cambridge Analytica. It also said he had specifically … Read More
Facebook Crisis Reignites Washington’s Scrutiny of Social Networks
The uproar over Cambridge Analytica, which has put Facebook under scrutiny by the main U.S. privacy regulator and state attorneys general, has sparked new, bipartisan demands from lawmakers in both chambers of Congress. They want Facebook co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark … Read More
Facebook affair: the legal questions
Facebook is facing investigations on multiple fronts after revelations that data on 50m users were improperly harvested by an analytics firm used by Donald Trump's campaign. The most serious of these inquiries may be one by the US Federal Trade Commission, which settled a similar privacy complaint … Read More
Stop What You’re Doing and Check These Facebook Privacy Settings on Your Facebook Account. I …
In the wake of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytics scandal, and the news now that the Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into Facebook's use of private customer data, a lot of people are taking a minute to check the third party app settings on their Facebook profiles. Really, …
Facebook is tainted – can we build a better one?
Is it time to move on? Can there be another Facebook, one that's safer, less intrusive, and less exploitative? It's worth remembering just what we're hoping to leave behind: a network of more than two billion users around the world, most of whom are familiar and comfortable with how the …
Facebook summoned for questioning over Cambridge Analytica leaks
A US privacy watchdog is investigating Facebook over a potential breach of user confidentiality. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), an independent government body charged with insuring companies abide by their own privacy policies, is looking at whether the social media giant violated a 2011 … Read More
Facebook is being sued by its shareholders over lax data security
To say Facebook is having a rough few days is becoming a bigger and bigger understatement. After revelations this weekend that a Trump campaign data analytics firm had accessed the Facebook data of some 50 million unwitting users, Facebook's stock took a dive on Monday, dropping 5.2% to … Read More
Commonwealth Games are just the ticket for Facebook
Facebook may be up to its armpits in alligators, but that hasn't stopped Australia's Gold Coast Council from chumming up with the ad-farm to offer free Wi-Fi to visitors at the upcoming Commonwealth Games. The council, which has laid AU$5 million worth of its own broadband fibre backbone, … Read More
Zuckerberg Is Doing Facebook No Favors By Staying Silent
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power,” said Abraham Lincoln. This quote could be applied today to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook. Facebook with 2 billion users, is “more like a country” than a company quipped Senator John Kennedy …
MPs must demand proper answers from Facebook over data scraping
As experts have made plain to The Independent, the scraping of Facebook user data by the firm which worked on both the Trump presidential campaign and for Leave.EU during the Brexit referendum may be simply the tip of the iceberg. Both Cambridge Analytica and Facebook deny any wrongdoing, … Read More