Facebook has provided an update on its investigation into potential data misuse by apps in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Source link
Since the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has been looking into app developers who have access to user data. Graphic by Pixabay/Illustration by CNET Facebook said Friday that it has suspended tens of thousands of apps for various reasons as part of an investigation the company launched last year in response to a major data privacy
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Facebook’s new dating feature is now live in the United States. (Images courtesy of Facebook) Do you trust Facebook with your most intimate secrets? The social media giant wants you to do just that with the matchmaking service it launched in the United States this week, despite its spotty record with privacy, advertising and disinformation.
A former Cambridge Analytica psychologist and two ad agency executives have joined forces to launch a consultancy dedicated to “measurably changing the behaviour of audiences”. Patrick Fagan, a psychologist and behavioural scientist, has co-founded Capuchin alongside Dan Thwaites, a former managing partner at Karmarama, and James Cragg, former managing director at digital performance marketing agency Tug. Capuchin
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The Cambridge Analytica scandal showed the world that Facebook was willing to sacrifice its users’ privacy for commercial gain. Since the story broke in March 2018, trust in the world’s largest social network has been slow to return. According to a recent survey by The Manifest, nearly half of social media users view Facebook more
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Facebook says it's banned more than 400 apps over concerns around how user data was accessed – but will that matter? Source link
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Federal investigators have widened their investigation into Facebook’s role regarding ads targeting millions of its users by data firm Cambridge Analytica, according to a report in The Washington Post. Five anonymous sources told the Post that the FBI, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have joined the Department of Justice in
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We’re less than two months out from Facebook’s infamous announcement that it was suspending Cambridge Analytica for exploiting user data. Since then, news headlines about the company — and its haphazard management of user information — have looked like a PR nightmare from the sidelines, but the company’s Q1 revenue numbers tell a much different
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Cambridge Analytica, the controversial firm embroiled in the mishandling of Facebook user data, has announced its shut down on Wednesday. Its British parent SCL Elections Ltd. will also be shuttered as the data analytics company reported a significant decline in business. In a press release, Cambridge Analytica blamed negative media coverage for the data
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