Facebook suspends another data analytics firm
Facebook announced Friday that it is suspending another data analytics firm pending an investigation into how the company used its data.
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Justice department, 3 federal agencies investigating Facebook data scandal
Facebook is facing a widening inquiry with three federal agencies and the Department of Justice looking into how the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica obtained the personal data of up to 71 million Americans.
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Facebook’s top policy and communications exec steps down
Elliot Schrage, a longtime Facebook exec who played a key role in helping the company organize its response to the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, is stepping down.
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Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to Europe for data scandal, fake news
Mark Zuckerberg apologized over how Facebook handled issues related to fake news, foreign interference in elections and the personal information of its users,
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Mark Zuckerberg agrees to a live stream of his European Parliament testimony
Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to have his testimony in the European Parliament Tuesday live streamed, after pressure from senior European officials.
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Mark Zuckerberg agreed to appear before the European Parliament to discuss Facebook’s use of personal data on the same day that a whistleblower told Congress that Cambridge Analytica targeted voters in the U.S.
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AG: Data of more than 2.5M North Carolinians ‘shared’ in Facebook scandal
Information about more than 2.5 million North Carolinians on Facebook was shared with Cambridge Analytica and others in a data scandal that has rocked the Internet giant and social media.
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Unlike in US, Facebook faces tough questions about privacy in Britain
While the United States has largely eschewed regulating companies like Facebook, Britain and other countries in Europe have taken more aggressive stances, seeking to make tighter rules to better protect consumer privacy.
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Billionaire investor: It’s time to short Facebook stock
Jeff Gundlach, known as the king of the bond market, urged investors to bet against Facebook stock because of the risk that the company’s user data crisis will trigger a government crackdown.
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