Did Facebook data help Trump? ‘Great Hack’ explores scandal
5 years, 5 months ago

Did Facebook data help Trump? ‘Great Hack’ explores scandal

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The new documentary “The Great Hack” captures how Facebook’s cavalier handling of user data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal posed a threat to democracy. If you’ve never heard of Cambridge Analytica, or you aren’t steeped in all the details of the scandal that landed Mark Zuckerberg in front of Congress and his company under major federal investigations, “The Great Hack” provides a good overview on the way companies like Facebook collect and use data to influence your thinking. Cambridge Analytica, whose clients included Trump’s 2016 general election campaign, paid Kogan for a copy of the data, even though the firm was not authorized to have that information. Kaiser, who was the firm’s business development director, explained that the data helped Cambridge Analytica identify “persuadable voters.” She said the firm targeted blogs, websites, articles, videos and ads specifically at them “until they saw the world the way we wanted them to.” David Carroll, a Parsons School of Design professor who is also heavily featured in the movie, said that given how close the election was in certain states, just turning a “tiny slice of the population” was enough.

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Meta settles Cambridge Analytica lawsuit with Australia’s privacy watchdog, to pay $50 million
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3 weeks, 3 days 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 …

Facebook asks US Supreme Court to dismiss Cambridge Analytica fraud suit over
2 months 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, 8 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 …

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 …

What does Facebook’s settlement in the Cambridge Analytica lawsuit mean for the platform?
2 years, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, …

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 …

Facebook shuts down NYU academics’ research on ads, citing ‘data scraping’
3 years, 5 months ago

Facebook shuts down NYU academics’ research on ads, citing ‘data scraping’

LA Times  

The New York University research uncovered “systemic flaws in the Facebook Ad Library, to identify misinformation in political ads.,” says NYU researcher Laura Edelson. The NYU researchers with the Ad Observatory Project had for several years been looking into Facebook’s Ad Library, where searches can be done on The access was used to “uncover systemic flaws in the Facebook Ad …

Explained: Leaked Data of 533mn Facebook Users Reemerges Online, Why FB's Reply is Unconvincing
3 years, 9 months ago

Explained: Leaked Data of 533mn Facebook Users Reemerges Online, Why FB's Reply is Unconvincing

News 18  

Facebook is back in the limelight for all the wrong reasons, and this time, a new report claims that the personal data of over 533 million users have surfaced on a hacker forum, practically for free of cost. Both the Business Insider team and Gal reportedly reviewed a sample of the leaked data and verified several records by matching known …

Facebook faces new UK class action
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook faces new UK class action

The Hindu  

Facebook is facing a second London High Court class action over allegations it failed to protect the personal details of about one million people in England and Wales, in the latest lawsuit to spring from a scandal over data harvesting. Journalist and writer Peter Jukes said on Tuesday he had filed a lawsuit for unspecified but "substantial" damages three years …

CBI books Cambridge Analytica over Facebook data theft
3 years, 11 months ago

CBI books Cambridge Analytica over Facebook data theft

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against Alexander Nix of British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica and Aleksandr Kogan of Global Science Research Limited, UK, for allegedly harvesting personal data of up to 562,000 Indians from Facebook for commercial purposes, officials said on Friday. The agency said that the app illegally collected additional unauthorised data of users …

CBI files case against Cambridge Analytica, Global Science Research for illegal harvesting of Facebook users' data
3 years, 11 months ago

CBI files case against Cambridge Analytica, Global Science Research for illegal harvesting of Facebook users' data

Firstpost  

After nearly 18 months of preliminary enquiry, the CBI has booked the UK-based Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research for alleged illegal harvesting of data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users for profiteering and manipulating elections, officials said Friday. The agency registered case against Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research represented by Aleksandr Kogan, both based in the UK, under …

CBI Registers Case Against Cambridge Analytica, Global Science Research for Illegal Data Harvesting
3 years, 11 months ago

CBI Registers Case Against Cambridge Analytica, Global Science Research for Illegal Data Harvesting

News 18  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has booked UK-based Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research Ltd for illegally harvesting data of Facebook users in India for commercial purposes, officials said on Friday. The action came after a preliminary enquiry into the matter which showed that Global Science Research had created an app “thisisyourdigitallife” which was authorised by Facebook to collect specific …

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 …

What happened to Cambridge Analytica and Facebook data theft case
4 years, 4 months ago

What happened to Cambridge Analytica and Facebook data theft case

India Today  

On Friday, a report in an international daily, Wall Street Journal, alleged that Facebook was biased in its functioning in India as it ignored its hate speech policy and allowed anti-Muslim posts on its platform. The uproar over Facebook and Cambridge Analytica started in early 2018 when few reports suggested that Facebook data of Indian users was ‘stolen’ to influence …

A 14-Year ‘Timeline’: Facebook’s Roller-Coaster India Journey
4 years, 8 months ago

A 14-Year ‘Timeline’: Facebook’s Roller-Coaster India Journey

The Quint  

Cambridge Analytica was perhaps the biggest data breach scandal to hit the social media giant and one that was intricately linked to the alleged interference into the 2016 US presidential elections. Cambridge Analytica harvested the personal data of millions of people's Facebook profiles without their consent and used it for political advertising. Facebook admitted that personal data of 5 lakh …

I blew the whistle on Cambridge Analytica – four years later, Facebook still hasn’t learnt its lesson
4 years, 11 months ago

I blew the whistle on Cambridge Analytica – four years later, Facebook still hasn’t learnt its lesson

The Independent  

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Facebook investigating data breach where names, phone numbers of over 267 million users was reportedly exposed
5 years ago

Facebook investigating data breach where names, phone numbers of over 267 million users was reportedly exposed

Firstpost  

The database was apparently made available for download last week on an online hacker forum that apparently belonged to a crime group. Facebook on Thursday said it is investigating a report that a database containing names and phone numbers of more than 267 million users was exposed online. Comparitech said that security researcher Bob Diachenko spotted the database, which was …

Documents show how Facebook harnessed user data
5 years, 2 months ago

Documents show how Facebook harnessed user data

The Hindu  

Leaked documents from a civil suit against Facebook show how the social network aimed to employ user data as a tool for bargaining and to manipulate competitors, NBC News reported on Wednesday. Some 7,000 pages of documents reveal how Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg and his team harnessed users’ personal information to reward partners by giving them preferential data, while depriving …

Facebook to pay 500,000 pound penalty in UK over Cambridge Analytica scandal
5 years, 2 months ago

Facebook to pay 500,000 pound penalty in UK over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Firstpost  

Data from at least 1 million British users had been harvested and used for political purposes. Facebook has agreed to pay a 500,000 pound fine for breaches of data protection law related to the harvesting of data by consultancy Cambridge Analytica, Britain’s information rights regulator said on Wednesday. The Information Commissioner’s Office issued the small but symbolic fine last year …

Twitter apologises and admits to user data leak
5 years, 5 months ago

Twitter apologises and admits to user data leak

India TV News  

Twitter admits to inadvertently sharing users data with advertising and third-party partners, owing to the breach and identify privacy flaw and regretting the outcome. As per Twitter's blog post posted on Tuesday, the user information that could have been shared without permission could include country code and details of users engagement with ad and information about the ad. Also, read: …

Netflix's The Great Hack review: Unraveling the Cambridge Analytica scandal but offering no solution
5 years, 5 months ago

Netflix's The Great Hack review: Unraveling the Cambridge Analytica scandal but offering no solution

Firstpost  

Data privacy has become a calling cry for activists in today’s world and seeing how big tech giants such as Facebook and Google are handling your data, these activists do have a point. Cambridge Analytica came into the spotlight for mining data of 87 million US users for targeted ads and The Great Hack goes in great detail as to …

U.S. trade commission sues Cambridge Analytica for duping FB users
5 years, 5 months ago

U.S. trade commission sues Cambridge Analytica for duping FB users

The Hindu  

The US trade commission has filed a lawsuit against Cambridge Analytica, accusing the UK-based data company of adopting “deceptive tactics” to obtain personal information of Facebook users, a day after it imposed a $USD 5 billion fine on the social media giant for privacy violations. The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday alleged that Cambridge Analytica, its former CEO Alexander Nix …

$5 billion fine doesn’t mark the end of Facebook’s troubles
5 years, 5 months ago

$5 billion fine doesn’t mark the end of Facebook’s troubles

Associated Press  

Facebook will pay a $5 billion fine for privacy violations and will be subject to broader oversight, but ongoing probes in Europe and the U.S. could present even bigger headaches for the company. — U.S. Federal Trade Commission Though the privacy matter is settled, Facebook disclosed Wednesday that the FTC is investigating the company separately for antitrust issues. — Irish …

Facebook slapped with $5 billion fine over privacy violations in Cambridge Analytica scandal
5 years, 5 months ago

Facebook slapped with $5 billion fine over privacy violations in Cambridge Analytica scandal

India TV News  

In a historic judgment, the US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday slapped a massive $5 billion fine on Facebook over users' privacy violations in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, along with the US Securities and Exchange Commission directing the social networking platform to pay $100 million penalty for making misleading disclosures regarding the risk of misuse of user data. "Despite repeated …

The Great Hack review: This Netflix documentary is incomplete but deeply disturbing
5 years, 5 months ago

The Great Hack review: This Netflix documentary is incomplete but deeply disturbing

The Telegraph  

Cambridge Analytica: players or chancers? The now-defunct, self-styled “behavioural change agency” collaborated with Facebook to build psychological profiles from its user data and further the ends of their political paymasters. Oscar-nominated directors Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim dug into this fiercely complex, contradictory story in The Great Hack, a documentary assessing the use and abuse of our personal data. It …

US regulators approve $5 billion Facebook settlement over Cambridge Analytica scandal
5 years, 5 months ago

US regulators approve $5 billion Facebook settlement over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Live Mint  

US officials approved a record $5 billion privacy settlement with Facebook Inc. to resolve the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, people said, prompting an immediate outcry from lawmakers and privacy advocates who said it didn’t go far enough. The settlement is the largest privacy fine in the FTC’s history and also marks the most significant action yet against Facebook over a …

The Great Hack trailer: Netflix Original documentary explores Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data breach
5 years, 5 months ago

The Great Hack trailer: Netflix Original documentary explores Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data breach

Firstpost  

The Great Hack includes interviews from The Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr, who first exposed the scandal and former chairman of CA, Julian Wheatland. Interviews of The Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr, who first exposed the scandal and the company’s former chairman Julian Wheatland will also help put together the details of the massive data breach. The Great Hack uncovers the dark …

Italy's privacy regulator fined Facebook $1.1 mn over Cambridge Analytica case
5 years, 6 months ago

Italy's privacy regulator fined Facebook $1.1 mn over Cambridge Analytica case

Live Mint  

Italy's data protection watchdog slammed Facebook Friday with a fine of one million euros for violating privacy laws over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The social media network has been dogged by controversy in the wake of revelations that defunct political consultancy Cambridge Analytica used private data from tens of millions of Facebook users for political targeting. The privacy watchdog said …

Facebook being investigated for unauthorised storage of up to 1.5 million email IDs
5 years, 8 months ago

Facebook being investigated for unauthorised storage of up to 1.5 million email IDs

Firstpost  

Facebook said it may have “unintentionally uploaded” email contacts of up to 1.5 million new users New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Thursday she is investigating Facebook Inc’s unauthorised storage of up to 1.5 million Facebook users’ email contact databases, the latest privacy issue to affect the U.S. social media giant. Last week, Facebook said it may have …

Facebook anticipates an FTC privacy fine of up to $5 billion
5 years, 8 months ago

Facebook anticipates an FTC privacy fine of up to $5 billion

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said it expects a fine of up to $5 billion from the Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating whether the social network violated its users’ privacy. The company set aside $3 billion in its quarterly earnings report Wednesday as a contingency against the possible penalty but noted that the “matter remains unresolved.” The one-time charge slashed …

Facebook investigated in Ireland over mishandled passwords
5 years, 8 months ago

Facebook investigated in Ireland over mishandled passwords

CNN  

London CNN Business — Ireland’s data regulator has opened an investigation into Facebook for mishandling the passwords for hundreds of millions of its users. The probe announced Thursday by the Irish Data Protection Commission is the latest in a series of privacy and data investigations targeting Facebook, and could result in billions of dollars in penalties. The Irish regulator, which …

Facebook hasn't done much to reduce data privacy fears post Cambridge Analytica scandal
5 years, 9 months ago

Facebook hasn't done much to reduce data privacy fears post Cambridge Analytica scandal

Firstpost  

It has been a year since the Cambridge Analytica expose burst into our consciousness, revealing how billionaire donor Robert Mercer managed to assemble a team of data experts to hack key elections. Facebook claims about 0.5 million Indians were potentially affected by the data leak and this was thanks to just 355 individuals downloaded the ’thisisyourdigitallife’ app and took the …

Cambridge Analytica data scandal: Timeline of year gone by shows Facebook has a lot to do
5 years, 9 months ago

Cambridge Analytica data scandal: Timeline of year gone by shows Facebook has a lot to do

Firstpost  

Here’s a timeline of events since Cambridge Analytica scandal was first revealed in March 2018. On 17 March 2018, a pink-haired man named Christopher Wylie revealed a secret about Facebook and a firm called Cambridge Analytica. 17 March 2018: Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie tells The New York Times and The Guardian/Observer about a firm called Cambridge Analytica, which purchased …

Facebook marks one-year anniversary of Cambridge Analytica scandal with ‘nightmare week’
5 years, 9 months ago

Facebook marks one-year anniversary of Cambridge Analytica scandal with ‘nightmare week’

CNN  

New York CNN Business — This week started with Facebook mistakenly removing ads critical of Facebook and ended with the company failing to immediately catch and remove an apparent livestream of a deadly attack. If that’s not enough, this weekend marks the one year anniversary of the Cambridge Analytica scandal that upended the company — an anniversary Facebook would almost …

US prosecutors conducting criminal investigation in Facebook's data deals
5 years, 9 months ago

US prosecutors conducting criminal investigation in Facebook's data deals

Firstpost  

U.S. federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into data deals Facebook Inc struck with some of the world’s largest technology companies, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. A grand jury in New York has subpoenaed records from at least two prominent makers of smartphones and other devices, the newspaper reported, citing people familiar with the requests and without …

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