Data consultancy Cambridge Analytica acquired Facebook users’ personal data through multiple quizes and questionnaires, including one called “sex compass,” a former employee told a UK Parliament committee on Tuesday. As a result, it’s likely that the number of Facebook users affected by Cambridge Analytica’s data-gatherizg activities far exceeds the previously stated figure of 87 million …
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With so much attention on the social media giant we can’t seem to live without, it’s easy to get worked up regarding its policies. Now playing: Watch this: How to check if your Facebook info was shared 1:16 It’s totally understandable! Especially given the revelations over the past few weeks about user data collected and sold to Cambridge Analytica. Apps …
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Here’s what we’re talking about on Wednesday’s 3:59: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s hearing before the Senate on Tuesday. Questions to Zuckerberg show many senators don’t get Facebook. Zuckerberg needs to rebuild trust. Now playing: Watch this: Facebook’s CEO Zuckerberg runs circles around the Senate… 4:50 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, …
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What if more privacy was the law? The European Union has already made it so with its General Data Protection Regulation, which gives users the ability to request information on who has their data, as well as the right to ask for copies or have it deleted. Until recently, however, the law appeared likely to have only limited benefits for …
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Yesterday, it was the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees. Today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is answering questions from the Energy and Commerce Committee of the House of Representatives. The session started at 10 a.m. ET, and has resumed after a short morning recess. The live feed is embedded below: Follow CNET and CBS News for live coverage: CNET: Zuckerberg faces …
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Facebook’s failure to properly protect user data might have spawned headlines the world over, but Americans are not totally shocked by the revelations, according to a poll by CBS News. That doesn’t mean they’re letting the social network off the hook, though. Poll respondents think the company’s response to the scandal, triggered by revelations about Cambridge Analytica’s access to the …
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Facebook on Monday began alerting users whose data was accessed by Cambridge Analytics with a popup at the top of the News Feed. But as is usually the case with all things Facebook, the alert is slowly being rolled out to impacted users. Instead of refreshing your News Feed countless times to try and trigger the alert, here’s how you …
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Here’s what we’re talking about in this podcast: Facebook starts telling its users if they were affected by the Cambridge Analytica breach. Plus, on Tuesday and Wednesday CEO Mark Zuckerberg will give testimony to Congress about the scandal. Oregon passes a law to protect net neutrality rules. Verizon reports that ransomware attacks doubled in 2017. Now playing: Watch this: …
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Facebook has talked to special prosecutor Robert Mueller, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday during a hearing on Capitol Hill. During questioning by Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont, Zuckerberg said that someone at his company has spoken with Mueller, though he himself hasn’t. He declined to give more information, saying he wasn’t sure what he could share in an …
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Facebook was hit with another lawsuit over data misuse on Tuesday. Facebook and Cambridge Analytica were hit with another lawsuit, this one filed on behalf of users of the social network from the US and the UK. Getty Lawyers in the US and the UK filed the suit in the US District Court in Delaware against Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and …
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