April 3, 2018 Instagram clamps down on apps amid Facebook data scandal Instagram is cracking down on third-party apps by restricting their access to user data amid the fallout following revelations that Cambridge Analytica inappropriately gained access to the Facebook data of 50 million users.
April 3, 2018 Mark Zuckerberg slams Apple CEO's 'extremely glib' critique Facebook CEO mark Zuckerberg called Apple CEO “extremely glib” Monday morning for comments he made criticizing the social media giant’s ad-based revenue model and the company’s mishandling of users’ data.
April 2, 2018 Facebook and Google are 'too big,' could be dismantled, French president warns Facebook and Google are too big and could ultimately be dismantled, French President Emmanuel Macron said.
March 30, 2018 Clinton campaign app may have harvested Facebook data of millions Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign may have harvested the Facebook data of millions of people using an app that asked them to pair their Facebook friends list with their smartphone's contacts list -- in a bid to reach those people and persuade them to vote for Clinton.
March 30, 2018 Did Facebook’s ‘favors’ for the Obama campaign constitute a violation of federal law? Controversy continues to swirl around how the consulting firm Cambridge Analytica obtained personal data from over 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge and used it to target ads to individuals in an effort to help Donald Trump be elected president in 2016.
March 30, 2018 Leaked Facebook 'ugly truth' memo about the social network’s growth sparks controversy A leaked Facebook memo from an outspoken senior executive that details the risks associated with the social network’s pursuit of growth has sparked controversy.
March 29, 2018 Data for 136,000 Facebook users still not deleted by Cambridge Analytica, report says Some of the data that Cambridge Analytica harvested from Facebook is still circulating, despite what both companies have said, according to a British investigative report.
March 29, 2018 What? Facebook keeps videos that you never posted Back in the early days of Facebook, video chat wasn't really a thing.
March 28, 2018 Is Facebook listening in on your conversations? Cambridge Analytica whistleblower thinks so Facebook might be listening in from your smart phone to determine where you are in order to target advertising.
March 28, 2018 Playboy deletes Facebook page, claims contradiction of values The pornographic magazine Playboy announced Wednesday that they have deactivated their Facebook page amidst revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a Trump-linked data firm, had used the social media platform to obtain private information on tens of millions of users and manipulate them with ads, the New York Daily News reported.
