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Apple Co-founder shuts down his Facebook account

In an email to USA Today, Wozniak says Facebook makes a lot of advertising money from personal details provided by users.

09 Apr 2018 6:20 PM

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg meets with a group of entrepreneurs and innovators during a round-table discussion at Cortex Innovation Community technology hub in St. Louis. Congress has lots of questions for Mark Zuckerberg when he testifies before them starting Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Five questions for Mark Zuckerberg as he heads to Congress

Facebook is struggling to cope with the worst privacy crisis — allegations that a data mining firm may have used ill-gotten user data.

09 Apr 2018 1:37 PM

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

The legislation, introduced in October 2017 but not yet passed, is aimed at countering concerns about foreign nationals using social media to influence US politics. (Photo: File/AP)

Zuckerberg backs political ad bill, introduces new verification process for 'issue ads'

It is designed to deter the kind of election meddling and online information warfare that US authorities have accused Russia of pursuing.

07 Apr 2018 2:07 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 had on Wednesday admitted that data on about 87 million people - mostly in the US - may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. (Photo: File/AFP)

5.62 lakh Indians potentially affected by Facebook global data leak

The social media platform has over 20 crore users in India and the govt had sent notices to Facebook and Analytica over breach of data.

05 Apr 2018 2:55 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

Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook was working on a version of the law that would work globally, bringing some European privacy guarantees worldwide. (Photo: File)

Mark Zuckerberg has no plans to extend European privacy law globally

The European law, General Data Protection Regulation, will allow Europeans the right to know what data is stored on them and to delete it.

04 Apr 2018 11:02 AM

The CEO says the idea that Facebook doesn't care about its customers is "extremely glib."

Facebook CEO defends advertising-supported business model

The CEO responds in defense after Apple CEO Tim Cook commented on Facebook's business model last week.

03 Apr 2018 7:32 PM

Though the interview of MSNBC is scheduled to air on April 6th, the network has released few clips this week, in which Tim Cook bashed against Facebook.

Tim Cook reprimand Facebook’s business model

At a town hall event in Chicago, CEO criticises Facebook for monetising users’ personal information.

30 Mar 2018 7:03 PM

Wylie appeared before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Committee of the British parliament.

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower's evidence made public by British lawmakers

Wylie alleges that the data was used to help to build profiles of American voters and build support for Trump in the US election.

29 Mar 2018 7:29 PM

The company acknowledges that privacy settings and other important tools on its social media platform are pretty hard to find.

Facebook redesigns its privacy tools

The company promises to take additional steps in the coming weeks to put people more in control of their privacy.

29 Mar 2018 4:31 PM

A Facebook representative could not immediately be reached for comment.

Three Facebook users sue over the collection of call, text history

The US lawsuit filed in federal court seeks status as a class action on behalf of all affected users and asks for unspecified damages.

28 Mar 2018 4:26 PM

Zuckerberg turned down British lawmakers’ invitations to explain to a British parliamentary committee what went wrong.

Mark Zuckerberg to testify before Congress

Facebook said the company had received invitations to testify before Congress and that they were talking to legislators.

28 Mar 2018 8:35 AM

Damian Collins, chairman of Parliament’s media committee, urged Zuckerberg to 'think again' on Tuesday about choosing not to appear and repeated an offer to have him testify via video link. (Photo: AP)

Mark Zuckerberg snubs summons from British parliament over rise in fake news

Facebook has offered to send chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer or chief product officer Chris Cox.

27 Mar 2018 7:28 PM

Scrutiny of Facebook has intensified following reports that it failed to prevent the data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica from amassing personal information about millions of users - possibly used to aid Donald Trump's campaign - and that the social network has been collecting Android users' phone call and text message histories without notice.

Will Mark Zuckerberg be able to boldly fix Facebook crisis?

The Federal Trade Commission announced it was investigating Facebook for its privacy practices.

27 Mar 2018 10:03 AM

'Facebook has made promises about users privacy in the past, and we need to know that users can trust Facebook. With the information we have now, our trust has been broken,' the letter said. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Facebook faces US Federal Trade Commission privacy probe

The Federal Trade Commission, in a statement, confirmed that it has an "open non-public investigation" into Facebook's privacy practices.

27 Mar 2018 8:46 AM

The Federal Trade Commission confirmed news reports from last week that it had opened an inquiry over the harvesting of Facebook.

Facebook shares in fresh slide as US consumer agency probe

A US consumer protection agency said it has opened an investigation into Facebook's privacy practices.

26 Mar 2018 9:45 PM

A user from New Zealand was curious enough to look into is Facebook data, only to find something amiss. He had downloaded his Facebook data using the ‘download archive’ option available on the social platform.

Facebook allegedly records data from calls, texts on Android phones: Report

Facebook deined the allegations stating that they never sell this data, and does not collect the content of your text messages or calls.

26 Mar 2018 4:05 PM

'We have a responsibility to protect your information. If we can't, we don't deserve it,' said the advert, signed by Facebook founder Zuckerberg. (Photo: AFP)

Taking out full page ad, Zuckerberg apologises to Britons over ‘breach of trust’

Facebook, the world's largest social media network is facing growing government scrutiny in Europe and the United States.

26 Mar 2018 9:49 AM

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