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EU antitrust chief keeps open threat to break up Google
Mar 26, 2018The European Union holds “grave suspicions” about the dominance of internet giant Google and has not ruled out breaking it up, according to a warning by the EU’s antitrust chief, Britain’s Telegraph reported on Sunday. European... -
Americans less likely to trust Facebook than rivals on personal data
Mar 26, 2018Opinion polls published on Sunday in the United States and Germany cast doubt over the level of trust people have in Facebook over privacy, as the firm ran advertisements in British and U.S. newspapers apologizing to... -
Elon Musk deletes Facebook pages of Tesla, SpaceX after challenged on Twitter
Mar 24, 2018Verified Facebook pages of Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX and electric carmaker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) disappeared on Friday, minutes after the Silicon Valley billionaire promised on Twitter to take down the pages when challenged by users.... -
UK investigators search London office of firm at center of Facebook data storm
Mar 24, 2018Investigators from Britain’s data watchdog searched the London offices of Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm at the center of a storm over allegations it improperly harvested Facebook (FB.O) data to target U.S. voters. About 20... -
U.S. lawmakers formally ask Facebook CEO to testify on user data
Mar 23, 2018U.S. lawmakers on Friday formally asked Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to explain at a Washington hearing how 50 million users’ data got into the hands of political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. The world’s largest social media network is... -
Does typing BFF in Facebook reveal if your account is at risk? Fact Check
Mar 22, 2018Rumours are circulating Facebook that claim typing BFF into the comments of a Facebook post will reveal if your account is in danger of being “hacked”. Such messages claim that if the letters BFF appear in... -
Facebook questioned, Cambridge Analytica CEO claims influence on U.S. election
Mar 21, 2018The suspended chief executive of Cambridge Analytica said in a secretly recorded video broadcast on Tuesday that his UK-based political consultancy’s online campaign played a decisive role in U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory. CEO... -
Academic behind Facebook breach says political influence was exaggerated
Mar 21, 2018The consultancy at the heart of a storm over Facebook data greatly exaggerated its role in Donald Trump’s 2016 U.S. presidential victory and would not have been able to sway an election result, the academic who... -
Facebook critics want regulation, investigation after data misuse
Mar 18, 2018Facebook Inc faced new calls for regulation from within U.S. Congress and was hit with questions about personal data safeguards on Saturday after reports a political consultant gained inappropriate access to 50 million users’ data starting... -
Facebook bans far-right group Britain First for inciting hatred
Mar 14, 2018Facebook said it banned Britain First from its platform for breaking rules against inciting hatred, blacklisting a far-right group brought to global attention when U.S. President Donald Trump retweeted its anti-Islamic posts. Facebook said on Wednesday...
