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Meta Investors Appeal to Revive Cambridge Analytica Fraud Case
Meta Platforms investors formally asked a US appeals court to revive a proposed class action accusing the Facebook parent of concealing a serious privacy breach that let a political consulting firm harvest users' personal information. The request came during oral arguments on Wednesday before the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ...
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Meta Said to Settle Cambridge Analytica Scandal Case for $725 Million
Facebook owner Meta 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 revela...
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On WhatsApp Plea Against Probe Into Privacy Policy, All Set For Key Judgment
Delhi High Court will pass judgment on Thursday on petitions filed by WhatsApp and Facebook challenging Competition Commission order for investigation
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Mark Zuckerberg Reportedly Sued by District of Columbia Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal
The District of Columbia on Monday reportedly 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.
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Facebook "Knew What It Was Doing," Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Says
Facebook's conduct revealed in leaked documents is "pretty concerning," said former Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt, who called for companies in the tech industry to show more restraint.
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Facebook Faces New UK Class Action After Data Harvesting Scandal
A second London High Court class action has been filed against Facebook over a data harvesting scandal. The social media giant was fined in Britain in 2018 over how third-party app ‘This Is Your Digital Life’ gathered Facebook users' data without consent between 2013 and 2015.
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"BJP Controls Facebook," Says Rahul Gandhi; "Loser," Retorts Minister
Congress's Rahul Gandhi today tweeted an article by a foreign publication to take on the ruling BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh about their huge social media presence. In the article, the Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook looks the other way in cases of hate speech and objectionable material from leaders and wor...
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Facebook and Google in Talks With Washington to Track Infections: Reports
The use of personal data in the US is highly sensitive after several scandals -- such as in 2011 when the National Security Agency was found to be collecting phone records without permission.
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Cambridge Analytica Deceived Facebook Users On Data: US Probe
US regulators concluded Friday that British consultancy Cambridge Analytica -- at the center of a massive scandal on hijacking of Facebook data -- deceived users of the social network about how it collected and handled their personal information.
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Facebook Agrees to Pay Meagre UK Fine Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has faced questioning by US and EU lawmakers over how the political consultancy obtained the personal data of 87 million Facebook users from a researcher.
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Facebook Agrees To Pay Fine Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal To Britain
Facebook on Wednesday agreed to pay a 500,000 pounds fine for breaches of data protection law related to the harvesting of data by consultancy Cambridge Analytica, Britain's information regulator said.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Defends Refusal to Take Down Some Content
Facebook has come under criticism for not doing enough to filter out phoney political ads.
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Did Facebook Data Help Trump? Netflix's The Great Hack Documentary Explores Scandal
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.
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$5 Billion US Fine Set For Facebook On Privacy Probe: Report
US regulators have approved a $5 billion penalty to be levied on Facebook to settle a probe into the social network's privacy and data protection lapses, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
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Cambridge Analytica Scandal: US Judge Denies Facebook's Request to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Improper Sharing of User Data
A US judge denied Facebook's request to dismiss a lawsuit by the Washington, D.C. attorney general over the social media giant's improper sharing of 87 million users' data with Cambridge Analytica.
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Meta Investors Appeal to Revive Cambridge Analytica Fraud Case
Meta Platforms investors formally asked a US appeals court to revive a proposed class action accusing the Facebook parent of concealing a serious privacy breach that let a political consulting firm harvest users' personal information. The request came during oral arguments on Wednesday before the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ...
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Meta Said to Settle Cambridge Analytica Scandal Case for $725 Million
Facebook owner Meta 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 revela...
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On WhatsApp Plea Against Probe Into Privacy Policy, All Set For Key Judgment
Delhi High Court will pass judgment on Thursday on petitions filed by WhatsApp and Facebook challenging Competition Commission order for investigation
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Mark Zuckerberg Reportedly Sued by District of Columbia Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal
The District of Columbia on Monday reportedly 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.
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Facebook "Knew What It Was Doing," Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Says
Facebook's conduct revealed in leaked documents is "pretty concerning," said former Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt, who called for companies in the tech industry to show more restraint.
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Facebook Faces New UK Class Action After Data Harvesting Scandal
A second London High Court class action has been filed against Facebook over a data harvesting scandal. The social media giant was fined in Britain in 2018 over how third-party app ‘This Is Your Digital Life’ gathered Facebook users' data without consent between 2013 and 2015.
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"BJP Controls Facebook," Says Rahul Gandhi; "Loser," Retorts Minister
Congress's Rahul Gandhi today tweeted an article by a foreign publication to take on the ruling BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh about their huge social media presence. In the article, the Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook looks the other way in cases of hate speech and objectionable material from leaders and wor...
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Facebook and Google in Talks With Washington to Track Infections: Reports
The use of personal data in the US is highly sensitive after several scandals -- such as in 2011 when the National Security Agency was found to be collecting phone records without permission.
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Cambridge Analytica Deceived Facebook Users On Data: US Probe
US regulators concluded Friday that British consultancy Cambridge Analytica -- at the center of a massive scandal on hijacking of Facebook data -- deceived users of the social network about how it collected and handled their personal information.
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Facebook Agrees to Pay Meagre UK Fine Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has faced questioning by US and EU lawmakers over how the political consultancy obtained the personal data of 87 million Facebook users from a researcher.
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Facebook Agrees To Pay Fine Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal To Britain
Facebook on Wednesday agreed to pay a 500,000 pounds fine for breaches of data protection law related to the harvesting of data by consultancy Cambridge Analytica, Britain's information regulator said.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Defends Refusal to Take Down Some Content
Facebook has come under criticism for not doing enough to filter out phoney political ads.
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Did Facebook Data Help Trump? Netflix's The Great Hack Documentary Explores Scandal
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.
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$5 Billion US Fine Set For Facebook On Privacy Probe: Report
US regulators have approved a $5 billion penalty to be levied on Facebook to settle a probe into the social network's privacy and data protection lapses, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
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Cambridge Analytica Scandal: US Judge Denies Facebook's Request to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Improper Sharing of User Data
A US judge denied Facebook's request to dismiss a lawsuit by the Washington, D.C. attorney general over the social media giant's improper sharing of 87 million users' data with Cambridge Analytica.
