Tag: Cambridge Analytica
Cambridge Analytica Guilty of Deceiving Facebook Users: US FTC
Almost a year and a half after the Cambridge Analytica scandal rocked Facebook and emboldened regulators around the world to clamp down on internet...
Britain Seizes Internal Facebook Data Scandal Papers In Fresh Probe
Days ahead of a seven-nation panel hearing on Facebook, the British Parliament has reportedly seized internal company documents that contain revelations on data and...
Facebook Claims No Third-Party App Accessed User Data With Stolen Access Tokens
Issuing a fresh apology in the data breach that affected 50 million users, Facebook has said that a detailed investigation found no evidence that...
How To Delete Your Facebook Account: A Step-by-Step Guide
Facebook has been embroiled in a ton of controversy in the past year, but the recently disclosed security lapse, which could have compromised the data of...
CBI Writes to Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, GSR in Data Gathering Case
The CBI has written to UK-based Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research (GSR) and US-based Facebook, seeking information in connection with its probe into...
Facebook Building a ‘War Room’ to Block Election Meddling
The demons of the Cambridge Analytica scandal continue to haunt Facebook, and since then, the company has taken preemptive steps such as partnering with...
Facebook Blocks Access to User Data for Thousands of Inactive Apps
In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has been taking extensive steps to ensure the protection of user data on its platform....
CBI to Probe Cambridge Analytica Data Breach Case: IT Minister RS Prasad
India's Union Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said that the government has ordered the CBI to probe the Cambridge Analytica data...
Facebook is Now Being Investigated By FBI, Other Agencies Over Cambridge Analytica Link
Facebook's attempts to move past the Cambridge Analytica scandal (where the data of over 87 million users was harvested without their consent) are proving...
Facebook Follows Up to Questions Avoided by Zuckerberg at Congressional Grilling
Two months ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared in front of the US Congressional committee to defend the company's actions related to the infamous...
EU Left Frustrated As Zuckerberg Dodges Tough Questions in MEP Hearing
After testifying in front of the US Congress last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg went to Brussels this week after agreeing to face questions...
Facebook Usage Grew Despite Cambridge Analytica Revelations
Earlier this year, Facebook faced what was arguably the biggest data privacy scandal when the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower revealed that the company had scraped...
Mark Zuckerberg Agrees to Testify Before European Parliament
After appearing in the US Congress earlier this year to answer questions about the Cambridge Analytica data breach, Facebook's founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg,...
Facebook Has Suspended 200 Apps With Massive Data Usage So Far
Facebook has been busy trying to mitigate the impact of the infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal. Several executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself, have echoed...
Facebook Wants to Know If You Will Pay to Use it Without Ads
Facebook recklessness with ads has brought major embarrassment to the company, but it could also prove to be an opportunity to make revenue through...
Key Cambridge Analytica Players, Mercer Family Linked to New Company ‘Emerdata’
This morning, it seemed like Cambridge Analytica would be out of our lives after it announced liquidation and prompt shutdown as a result of...
Cambridge Analytica Shutting Down Operations But Claims No Wrongdoing
Besieged by investigations for illegally accessing the private data of tens of millions of Facebook users over the years and facing scrutiny from various agencies...
Stop Google From Tracking Your Online Activity With This Mozilla Firefox Add-On
In the past few weeks, internet users everywhere have had to face the harsh reality about the vicious nature of most unpaid services on...
Twitter Admits Selling User Data Access to Cambridge Analytica-Linked Aleksandr Kogan
It appears that Facebook is not the only party to suffer from the consequences of involvement with Cambridge Analytica, as Twitter too has now...
Facebook Says There Could Be More Data Leaks Besides the Cambridge Analytica Scandal
If you thought the Cambridge Analytica episode was as bad as things could get in terms of data leaks, think again. In fact, it...