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Privacy Advocates Blast Facebook After Data Scraping Scandal
2018-04-06 16:07

Privacy advocates are up in arms after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said most of the two billion users of the social network may have had their data scraped by malicious actors using a reverse search tool.

Facebook's Sandberg Says Other Cases of Data Misuse Possible
2018-04-06 15:28

Facebook was aware more than two years ago of Cambridge Analytica's harvesting of the personal profiles of up to 87 million users and cannot rule out other cases of abuse of user data, chief...

Facebook’s new fake news strategy is… decide for yourself!
2018-04-06 12:51

Facebook is getting rid of fact-checkers and leaving it up to readers to decide what's real

Facebook admits public data of its 2.2 billion users has been compromised
2018-04-05 17:49

Facebook dropped another bombshell on its users by admitting that all of its 2.2 billion users should assume malicious third-party scrapers have compromised their public profile information. On...

Facebook: 87M Accounts May Have Been Sent To Cambridge Analytica
2018-04-05 17:49

Social Networking Giant Also Says Malicious Actors Scraped Public ProfilesFacebook says up to 87 million people may have had their personal details transferred to voter-profiling firm Cambridge...

Facebook's Zuckerberg: GDPR Won't Apply Worldwide
2018-04-04 23:39

CEO Says Compliance Outside EU Should Be 'In Spirit' of GDPRFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the social networking company is already complying with parts of Europe's GDPR privacy legislation,...

Facebook Bolsters Privacy Measures With New Data Access Restrictions
2018-04-04 21:29

Facebook on Wednesday listed a number of new data access restrictions it is implementing as the social media company looks to prioritize privacy for end users.

Facebook to Offer 'Clearer' Terms on Privacy, Data Use
2018-04-04 20:23

Facebook said Wednesday it is updating its terms on privacy and data sharing to give users a clearer picture of how the social network handles personal information. The move by Facebook follows a...

Facebook Says 87 Million May be Affected by Data Breach
2018-04-04 20:15

Facebook said Wednesday personal data on as many as 87 million users was improperly shared with British political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. The new figure eclipses a previous estimate of 50...

How Will Facebook Incident Affect Open Banking Movement?
2018-04-02 14:33

What impact with the Facebook data privacy controversy have on the social media company, and other tech giants, eventually competing with banks? James Wester of IDC sizes up the open banking implications.