Cambridge Analytica
Meta agrees to pay $725 million to settle lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica data leak
Technology
December 27, 2022
Meta agrees to pay $725 million to settle lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica data leak
New York CNN — Facebook parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a longstanding class action…
400 mn Facebook users’ phone numbers exposed in privacy lapse: reports
Technology
September 5, 2019
400 mn Facebook users’ phone numbers exposed in privacy lapse: reports
Phone numbers linked to more than 400 million Facebook accounts were listed online in the latest privacy lapse for the…
Facebook sues South Korea data analytics firm
Technology
May 11, 2019
Facebook sues South Korea data analytics firm
Facebook is suing South Korean data analytics firm Rankwave to make sure it isn’t breaking the leading social network’s rules,…
Facebook collected 1.5 million users’ email contacts without their knowledge
World
April 18, 2019
Facebook collected 1.5 million users’ email contacts without their knowledge
Hong Kong (CNN Business)–Facebook has admitted that it collected up to 1.5 million users’ email contacts without their consent, in…
UK lawmakers slam Facebook, recommend stiffer regulation
Technology
February 18, 2019
UK lawmakers slam Facebook, recommend stiffer regulation
NEW YORK (AP) — British lawmakers issued a scathing report Monday that accused Facebook of intentionally violating privacy and anti-competition…
Facebook suspends 200 apps over data misuse investigation
Technology
May 14, 2018
Facebook suspends 200 apps over data misuse investigation
Facebook Inc (FB.O) has so far suspended around 200 apps in the first stage of its review into apps that…
British lawmakers publish evidence from Cambridge Analytica whistleblower
World
March 29, 2018
British lawmakers publish evidence from Cambridge Analytica whistleblower
A committee of British lawmakers on Thursday published written evidence provided by a whistleblower who says information about 50 million…
Whistleblower says Canadian company worked on software to find Republican voters
World
March 27, 2018
Whistleblower says Canadian company worked on software to find Republican voters
A Cambridge Analytica whistleblower said on Tuesday that Canadian company AggregateIQ worked on software called Ripon which was used to…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg will not answer UK lawmakers’ questions over data scandal
World
March 27, 2018
Facebook’s Zuckerberg will not answer UK lawmakers’ questions over data scandal
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg will not answer questions from British lawmakers over how millions of users’ data got into the…
Americans less likely to trust Facebook than rivals on personal data: Reuters/Ipsos poll
World
March 25, 2018
Americans less likely to trust Facebook than rivals on personal data: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Fewer than half of Americans trust Facebook (FB.O) to obey US privacy laws, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on…