Tag: Facebook data scandal

Facebook admits privacy settings ‘bug’ affecting 14 million users

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook acknowledged Thursday a software glitch that changed the settings of some 14 million users, potentially making some posts public even if...

UK watchdog orders Cambridge Analytica to hand over American’s personal data

LONDON: Britain’s data privacy watchdog has ordered Cambridge Analytica to hand over all the personal information it holds on a US academic, confirming the...

EU urges Facebook to ‘cooperate fully’ in data scandal

BRUSSELS: The European Commission on Thursday called on Facebook to "cooperate fully" with investigators into the scandal over the harvesting of personal data of...

Will block Myanmar hate speech; locked in ‘arms race’ with Russia,...

WASHINGTON: Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday his company would step up efforts to block hate messages in Myanmar as he faced...

Zuckerberg resists effort by US senators to commit him to regulation

WASHINGTON: Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday navigated through the first of two US congressional hearings without making any further promises to...

Facebook’s Zuckerberg will not answer UK lawmakers’ questions over data scandal

LONDON: Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg will not answer questions from British lawmakers over how millions of users’ data got into the hands of political...

EU presses Facebook on sharing of user data

BRUSSELS: The European Commission pressed Facebook on Monday over whether EU citizens’ data were among those improperly harvested by a British political consultancy, after the...

India queries Cambridge Analytica over alleged Facebook data breach

NEW DELHI: India has set a March 31 deadline for London-based political consultancy Cambridge Analytica to respond to a query on whether it was...

UK investigators search London office of firm at center of Facebook...

LONDON:  Investigators from Britain’s data watchdog on Friday searched the London offices of Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm at the center of a...