DC sues Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica privacy breach
2 years, 6 months ago

DC sues Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica privacy breach

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia on Monday sued Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg, seeking to hold him personally liable for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a privacy breach of millions of Facebook users’ personal data that became a major corporate and political scandal. The lawsuit maintains that Zuckerberg directly participated in important company decisions and was aware of the potential dangers of sharing users’ data, such as occurred in the case involving data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica. Racine tried last year to add Zuckerberg as a defendant in his ongoing suit against Facebook over Cambridge Analytica from 2018. Now, Racine is asserting that thousands of documents he has since gained access to in the case establish Zuckerberg’s direct participation in decision-making on Cambridge Analytica, and he is therefore suing Zuckerberg directly.

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Meta settles Cambridge Analytica lawsuit with Australia’s privacy watchdog, to pay $50 million
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6 days, 12 hours ago

Meta settles Cambridge Analytica lawsuit with Australia’s privacy watchdog, to pay $50 million

Firstpost  

The settlement closes an expensive and drawn-out legal saga over the infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal, marking another chapter in Meta’s global reckoning for mishandling user data Australia’s privacy regulator took Meta to court in 2020, accusing the tech giant of failing to safeguard users’ personal information. The settlement closes an expensive and drawn-out legal saga over the infamous Cambridge Analytica …

Court allows multi-billion dollar lawsuit against Meta; privacy breach comes back to haunt Zuckerberg
1 month ago

Court allows multi-billion dollar lawsuit against Meta; privacy breach comes back to haunt Zuckerberg

Firstpost  

This brings yet another legal challenge for Meta and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, stemming from the misuse of 87 million Facebook users’ data during the 2016 US presidential campaign The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. The high …

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg not liable in lawsuits over social media harming children
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg not liable in lawsuits over social media harming children

India TV News  

A federal judge recently stated that Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta platform is not personally liable in 25 lawsuits accusing his company of addicting children to social media. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California rejected the accusations on Thursday, that Zuckerberg directed Meta's effort to conceal from children the serious mental health risks of using Instagram …

Facebook asks US Supreme Court to dismiss Cambridge Analytica fraud suit over
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Facebook asks US Supreme Court to dismiss Cambridge Analytica fraud suit over

Firstpost  

The Cambridge Analytica breach saw the personal data of over 30 million users used without permission, allegedly to sway voters during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign The Cambridge Analytica scandal has already cost Facebook dearly. Image Credit: Reuters The US Supreme Court on Wednesday tackled Facebook’s latest attempt to dodge a federal securities fraud lawsuit, a legal headache stemming from …

Facebook must face privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica
1 year, 7 months ago

Facebook must face privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica

LA Times  

CEO Mark Zuckerberg, shown in 2019, and other former Facebook directors either went along with or turned a blind eye to privacy violations, a judge ruled. A judge ruled that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and other former directors of the social media company must face claims they turned a blind eye to rampant privacy violations, including allowing a firm hired …

Facebook users can apply for their portion of a $725 million lawsuit settlement
1 year, 8 months ago

Facebook users can apply for their portion of a $725 million lawsuit settlement

NPR  

Facebook users can apply for their portion of a $725 million lawsuit settlement Enlarge this image toggle caption Tony Avelar/AP Tony Avelar/AP Facebook users can now apply for their share of a $725 million privacy lawsuit settlement if they had accounts from May 2007 to December 2022. Facebook's parent company, Meta, is doling out the payments to settle a lawsuit …

Are You A Facebook User? You Could Get Some Settlement Cash
1 year, 8 months ago

Are You A Facebook User? You Could Get Some Settlement Cash

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Anyone in the U.S. who has had a Facebook account at any time since May 24, 2007, can now apply for their share of a $725 million privacy settlement that parent company Meta has agreed to pay. Meta is paying to settle a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social media platform allowed millions of its users’ personal …

Meta agrees to settle Cambridge Analytica lawsuit for a record $725 million
2 years ago

Meta agrees to settle Cambridge Analytica lawsuit for a record $725 million

Firstpost  

The $725 million settlement in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, will see that Meta, once again, admits to no wrongdoing and get away with irresponsibly handling user data. In a year which saw them lose some of the platform’s most avid advertisers, as well as an abysmal failure of their star Metaverse project, Horizon Worlds, Meta will now have to …

Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica scandal case for $725 million
2 years ago

Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica scandal case for $725 million

Live Mint  

Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users' personal information. The proposed settlement, which was disclosed in a court filing late on Thursday, would resolve a long-running lawsuit prompted by revelations in 2018 that Facebook had allowed …

Facebook parent Meta to pay $725 million to settle lawsuit relating to Cambridge Analytica
2 years ago

Facebook parent Meta to pay $725 million to settle lawsuit relating to Cambridge Analytica

Hindustan Times  

Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users' personal information. The proposed settlement, which was disclosed in a court filing late on Thursday, would resolve a long-running lawsuit prompted by revelations in 2018 that Facebook had allowed …

Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle a privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica
2 years ago

Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle a privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica

NPR  

Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle a privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica Enlarge this image toggle caption Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Facebook parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming it improperly shared users' information with Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm used by the Trump campaign. This is …

How I Got the Document That Showed Mark Zuckerberg May Have Lied to Congress
2 years ago

How I Got the Document That Showed Mark Zuckerberg May Have Lied to Congress

Slate  

On Wednesday, Dec. 7, I was cramming for a psychology exam in my college library when I got an email from the Freedom of Information Act officer at the Securities and Exchange Commission. /1 pic.twitter.com/apFdFx5kR6 — Jason Kint November 30, 2021 The deposition was part of an inquiry by the SEC investigating whether Facebook had misled investors for years after …

What does Facebook’s settlement in the Cambridge Analytica lawsuit mean for the platform?
2 years, 3 months ago

What does Facebook’s settlement in the Cambridge Analytica lawsuit mean for the platform?

The Hindu  

The story so far: A San Francisco court filing on August 26 revealed that Facebook has agreed to settle the Cambridge Analytica privacy lawsuit. A probe revealed the extent to which a London-based data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica, misused data from as many as 50 million Facebook users. Mr. Zuckerberg later apologised for the “breach of trust” while Ms. Sandberg …

Facebook agrees to settle Cambridge Analytica privacy suit
2 years, 3 months ago

Facebook agrees to settle Cambridge Analytica privacy suit

The Hindu  

Facebook has reached a preliminary agreement in a long-running lawsuit seeking damages from the social network for allowing third parties, including the company Cambridge Analytica, to access users' private data. In a lawsuit initiated in 2018, Facebook users accused the social network of violating privacy rules by sharing their data with third parties including the firm Cambridge Analytica, which was …

Facebook parent settles suit in Cambridge Analytica scandal
2 years, 3 months ago

Facebook parent settles suit in Cambridge Analytica scandal

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook’s corporate parent has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social network service allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s victorious presidential campaign in 2016. Terms of the settlement reached by Meta Platforms, the holding company for Facebook and Instagram, …

Lawsuit: Google, Facebook CEOs colluded in online ad sales
2 years, 11 months ago

Lawsuit: Google, Facebook CEOs colluded in online ad sales

The Hindu  

Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding with rival Facebook to manipulate online advertising sales. According to the lawsuit, Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, was “explicit that ‘this is a big deal strategically’" in a 2018 email thread about the deal that included Facebook's CEO. In a statement, Google spokesperson …

Lawsuit: Google, Facebook CEOs colluded in online ad sales
2 years, 11 months ago

Lawsuit: Google, Facebook CEOs colluded in online ad sales

Associated Press  

Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding with rival Facebook to manipulate online advertising sales. According to the lawsuit, Facebook’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, was “explicit that ‘this is a big deal strategically’” in a 2018 email thread about the deal that included Facebook’s CEO. In a statement, Google spokesperson …

Mark Zuckerberg ‘personally involved in decisions related to Cambridge Analytica’: DC AG
3 years, 2 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg ‘personally involved in decisions related to Cambridge Analytica’: DC AG

Raw Story  

Facebook founder, chairman, CEO, and majority shareholder Mark Zuckerberg was involved with decisions the social media behemoth made involving Cambridge Analytica according to the Attorney General of Washington, D.C., who says he is adding him to a major privacy lawsuit. "Our continuing investigation revealed that he was personally involved in decisions related to Cambridge Analytica and Facebook's failure to protect …

CBI books Cambridge Analytica, Global Science Research for illegally harvesting data of Facebook users
3 years, 11 months ago

CBI books Cambridge Analytica, Global Science Research for illegally harvesting data of Facebook users

India TV News  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a case against UK-based Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research Ltd. It alleged that they were involved in illegal harvesting of personal data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users for commercial purposes. The CBI's action came after a preliminary enquiry into the matter which showed that Global Science Research had created an app …

Data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users stolen, CBI books Cambridge Analytica
3 years, 11 months ago

Data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users stolen, CBI books Cambridge Analytica

India Today  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has lodged an FIR against Cambridge Analytica Limited and Global Science Private Limited in connection with data theft of 5.62 lakh Facebook users in India. Facebook in response had replied, “Data of 5.62 lakh Indians users might have been illegally harvested." Cambridge Analytica on the other hand responded that ”they only received data of UK …

Australia sues Facebook over user data, echoing U.S. antitrust case
4 years ago

Australia sues Facebook over user data, echoing U.S. antitrust case

The Hindu  

An Australian regulator sued Facebook Inc on Wednesday accusing it of collecting user data without permission, building on government efforts around the world to rein in the social network. The lawsuit echoes a landmark U.S. Federal Trade Commission action accusing the social media giant of inappropriately maintaining market dominance by using customer data to decide on takeover targets including messaging …

The Hindu Explains | Why are the the recent accusations against Facebook significant, and what do they entail?
4 years ago

The Hindu Explains | Why are the the recent accusations against Facebook significant, and what do they entail?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On December 9, social networking giant Facebook was sued by the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. agency which seeks to protect consumers and promote competition, as well as by the attorneys general of 46 States, the territory of Guam and the district of Columbia. The plaintiffs — the FTC and attorneys general of all U.S. States …

Facebook's Zuckerberg skewered with internal emails during antitrust hearing
4 years, 4 months ago

Facebook's Zuckerberg skewered with internal emails during antitrust hearing

India Today  

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg stumbled at a congressional hearing on alleged abuse of market power on Wednesday, as lawmakers confronted the social media titan with damaging internal emails about the company’s acquisitions. The House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel appeared to draw on a rich trove of Facebook company emails, releasing numerous screenshots of correspondence from Zuckerberg and other …

Zuckerberg's Composure Amid Congressional Scrutiny: A Glimpse into His Response
6 years, 8 months ago

Zuckerberg's Composure Amid Congressional Scrutiny: A Glimpse into His Response

Live Mint  

Mark Zuckerberg's composure and responses to congressional hearings have reassured investors despite facing criticism for his data practices. While some lawmakers expressed appreciation for his patient cooperation, others expressed more assertive views on expanded government regulation. Zuckerberg's performance boosted shares, with the stock gaining 1.3% to $167.11 at 2:58pm in New York Wednesday after rising 4.5% the day before.

Zuckerberg's Performance in Senate Testimony: Takeaways and Implications
6 years, 8 months ago

Zuckerberg's Performance in Senate Testimony: Takeaways and Implications

Live Mint  

Mark Zuckerberg's testimony before the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees was marked by both challenges and moments of clarity. While he faced tough questions about Facebook's privacy policy, data collection practices, and the potential for misuse of its platform, he managed to defend his company's position and assure lawmakers that he is taking steps to address the issues raised. However, …

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