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The government has issued notice to Facebook on Wednesday seeking information over the alleged data leak. (Photo: AFP/File)

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Facebook repents for not auditing Cambridge Analytica

Political consultancy improperly accessed user data nearly three years ago.

7 April 2018 9:18 AM IST

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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...

6 April 2018 8:37 PM IST

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg again rejected the idea that the social network affected the US presidential election. (Photo:AP)

India

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.

6 April 2018 1:29 AM IST

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

Data leak: 5.62 lakh people potentially affected in India

Facebook has over 20 crore users in India.

5 April 2018 5:17 PM IST

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 Trumps campaign - and that the social network has been collecting Android users phone call and text message histories without notice.

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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...

5 April 2018 1:56 PM IST

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during preparation for the Facebook Communities Summit, in Chicago. Zuckerberg embarked on a rare media mini-blitz, in the wake of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

World

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...

5 April 2018 1:14 PM IST

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Facebook makes Terms and Data Policy clearer

These updates are about making things clearer.

5 April 2018 10:28 AM IST

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

Technology

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.

5 April 2018 10:15 AM IST

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Mark Zuckerberg says fixing Facebook will take years

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

5 April 2018 10:05 AM IST

World

Info of up to 87 mn Facebook users shared with UK firm, shared...

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

5 April 2018 8:09 AM IST

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

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.

2 April 2018 6:51 PM IST

The notice comes just days after Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad warned the social media giant Facebook of stringent action for any attempt to influence polls through data theft. (Photo: PTI/File)

India

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...

2 April 2018 1:27 PM IST