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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Zuckerberg testifies before US Congress, reveals Russian probe underway

The founder apologized for his company’s errors and said, “It was my mistake, and I’m sorry. I’m responsible for what happens here.”

11 Apr 2018 8:01 AM

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie previously estimated that more than 50 million people were compromised by a personality quiz that collected data from users and their friends.

Facebook users still waiting on privacy scandal notices

There appear to be no social media reports of notifications, and Facebook had no immediate comment on the matter.

10 Apr 2018 10:05 AM

Facebook has come under fire in recent weeks after it said that the personal information of up to 87 million users, mostly in the United States, may have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

Zuckerberg to meet with US lawmakers today: Report

Zuckerberg is scheduled to appear before a joint hearing of the various US law departments.

09 Apr 2018 10:42 AM

Facebook has been scrambling for weeks in the face of the disclosure of the hijacking of private data by the British consulting group working for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

Facebook knew about Cambridge Analytica data breach: Sheryl Sandberg

Sheryl Sandberg says we know that we did not do enough to protect people's data.

08 Apr 2018 5:18 PM

All 2.2 billion Facebook users will receive a notice on their feeds titled “Protecting Your Information.” It will have a link to information on which Facebook apps they use and what information they have shared with those apps. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Did Cambridge Analytica get your data? You’ll know soon

Facebook will begin alerting users whose private data may have been compromised in the Cambridge Analytica scandal starting April 9.

08 Apr 2018 10:18 AM

Facebook is under intense pressure after the data of millions of its users ended up in the hands of political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

Data scandal: Facebook suspends a Canadian firm

Canadian political consultancy AggregateIQ may have improperly had access to the personal data of Facebook users.

07 Apr 2018 9:52 AM

The audit of Cambridge Analytica is on hold, in deference to a UK investigation.

Facebook repents for not auditing Cambridge Analytica

Political consultancy improperly accessed user data nearly three years ago.

07 Apr 2018 9:18 AM

Sandberg says Facebook should have conducted an audit after learning that a political consultancy’s improperly accessed data 3 years ago.

Facebook says it should have audited Cambridge Analytica

Sandberg said that at the time, Facebook received legal assurances that Cambridge Analytica had deleted the improperly obtained info.

06 Apr 2018 8:37 PM

5.62 lakh Indians hit by data breach, admits Facebook

Facebook said that protecting people’s information is at the heart of everything it does.

06 Apr 2018 1:29 AM

Facebook on Thursday admitted that nearly 5.62 lakh people in India were "potentially affected" by its global data breach.

Data leak: 5.62 lakh people potentially affected in India

Facebook has over 20 crore users in India.

05 Apr 2018 5:17 PM

Facebook unveils bulk app removal tool for privacy help

In order to redeem itself, Facebook has now released a new way to select as many apps as one wants, and then remove them in bulk.

05 Apr 2018 1:56 PM

The social media giant has been slammed over a major data breach scandal by Cambridge Analytica, a British firm linked to Donald Trump's presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Facebook’s major focus on upcoming India elections: Zuckerberg

Terming 2018 'big year' for elections, Mark said Facebook was enhancing its security features to prevent trolls from spreading information.

05 Apr 2018 1:14 PM

Facebook is not asking for new rights to collect, use or share your data on Facebook. They are also not changing any of the privacy choices you’ve made in the past.(Photo: AFP/File)

Facebook makes Terms and Data Policy clearer

These updates are about making things clearer.

05 Apr 2018 10:28 AM

Facebook expects to make more changes over the coming months — and will keep its users updated on their progress.

Here's how Facebook's plans to restrict data access

Facebook is updating its users the changes they are making to better protect your information.

05 Apr 2018 10:15 AM

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has admitted mistakes and says his company hasn't taken a broad enough view of what its responsibility is in the world.

Mark Zuckerberg says fixing Facebook will take years

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says fixing the company's problems will take many years.

05 Apr 2018 10:05 AM

As per a table of compromised users, most of the personal information that may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica are from the US – 70.8 million or 81 per cent.(Photo: AFP | File)

Info of up to 87 mn Facebook users shared with UK firm, shared ‘improperly’

Over half a million of the users whose personal data might have been compromised are from India.

05 Apr 2018 8:09 AM

Law and IT Minster Ravi Shankar Prasad had previously warned social media giant Facebook of "stringent" action for any attempt to influence polls through data theft.

Cambridge Analytica seeks more time on govt data breach notice

IT has sought an additional time of one week to respond to government's notice.

02 Apr 2018 6:51 PM

Ravi Shankar Prasad warned that the government would act tough against anybody abusing data for collateral purposes. (Photo: PTI | File)

Data abuse to influence polls won't be tolerated: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government would not tolerate any unauthorised use of data for abuse or to influence elections.

02 Apr 2018 1:27 PM

Of Brexit, authors & Cambridge Analytica

The real excitement here is about the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

02 Apr 2018 3:49 AM

Cambridge Analytica received the user data from a Facebook app years ago that purported to be a psychological research tool; however, the firm was not authorised to have that information.

More than 136K users' Facebook data is still out

A fresh report now claims that not all the data that Cambridge Analytica gathered from Facebook was deleted and is still circulating.

01 Apr 2018 3:16 PM

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