Facebook has suspended around 200 apps as part of its investigation into whether companies misused personal user data gathered from the social network. The company has evaluated thousands of apps to see if they had access to large amounts of data, and will now thoroughly investigate those it has identified as potentially misusing that data, …
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It looks like Cambridge Analytica, the firm behind the recent Facebook data scandal, may be forced to tell a US citizen what data it held on him and how it was being used. And it took a UK regulator to make it happen. The development could clear the way for millions of other Americans to demand info on their data …
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Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm, is shutting down following alleged misuse of Facebook data. In a statement, the company said its UK and US arms would enter into insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings. The shutdown, effective Wednesday, was earlier reported by The Wall Street Journal. Cambridge Analytica is at the center of a scandal that’s stirred up two national governments and …
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The UK may issue a formal summons to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that would require him to appear in front of British lawmakers the next time he enters the country, according to a letter sent to the company Tuesday. Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer “failed to answer fully” 39 questions when he appeared before Parliament last week, according to …
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It didn’t take long for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to talk about data privacy on Tuesday at its annual developer conference, F8, in San Jose, Calif. “We need to makes sure this never happens again,” Zuckerberg said, referencing the Cambridge Analytica scandal, as well as another hot topic of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. F8 comes just weeks after …
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Facebook wants to make Workplace — a version of the social network designed specifically for the, well, workplace — more of a one-stop shop for employees. On Tuesday, the company announced that Workplace will now let other services create integrations for Workplace. What that means is that businesses using the paid version of Workplace will be able to tap into …
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Facebook is introducing a new privacy tool called “clear history,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday with a personal Facebook post. The tool will allow you to see information about the apps and websites you’ve interacted with, and you’ll be able to clear this information from your account. Now playing: Watch this: Zuckerberg unveils ‘clear history’ software tool 1:30 The news came …
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Mark Zuckerberg has done a lot of apologizing and explaining in the weeks since he was forced to tell the world that data from 87 million Facebook users was co-opted and misused without their — or his company’s — knowledge. This week, he gets to say it all over again when he faces about 5,000 developers who gather near Facebook’s …
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Cambridge Analytica says the data it licensed from Global Science Research (GSR), which collected information on millions of Facebook users through a personality quiz app, was “ineffectual,” an evaluation that prompted its decision to not use the data in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Voter profiling firm Cambridge Analytica says the Facebook data it obtained was “ineffectual.” Getty Images In …
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Facebook will comply with tough European data privacy regulation that will kick in next month, the company says, but it will also continue to serve up targeted ads based on user data. The social network will first roll out changes within Europe and will later extend the same protections to all users worldwide, the company said late Tuesday in a blog …
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