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Democrats Ratchet Up Pressure On Facebook Over Unanswered Privacy Questions
Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., speaks during a hearing of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 8, 2018 in Washington. House Democrats are working to keep a flame to Facebook’s feet ahead of its anticipated responses to thousands of lingering questions over the handling of user…
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Mark Zuckerberg Played Parliament For Fools And They’re Pissed
For a moment, Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance before members of the European Parliament looked like it was going to be a very bad day for the Facebook CEO. Then he started answering questions, a flood of pablum spewed from his mouth, and everyone got angry.
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The DOJ And FBI Are Now Reportedly Investigating Cambridge Analytica
Cambridge Analytica, the shady UK-based election firm that shut down after it allegedly partnered with an app to scrape data on at least 87 million Facebook users without their consent and months of ensuing controversy, is rapidly seeing its problems grow worse. Already embroiled in trouble with authorities in the UK, it now has to…
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Inside Cambridge Analytica, Few Knew How Soon The End Would Come
Sitting with a friend in a bar in mid-March, a former Cambridge Analytica employee said he was having a beer when someone texted him Facebook’s announcement that it was kicking the data firm off its platform “pending further information”. “I just remember thinking, ‘Oh my God,’” he told Gizmodo. “This is going to be insane.”