Harris, Senator from California where all the major US tech giants are based, said that Facebook has experienced massive growth and has prioritised its growth consumers’ interests, especially on privacy read more

Its ambition to be like WeChat is a frightening prospect read more

Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) were reportedly negotiating a possible settlement that would require the company to create an independent privacy oversight committee and take other steps to safeguard users. read more

Facebook in its latest crackdown on third-party apps, will not permit apps “with minimal utility, such as personality quizzes”. read more

Nearly $20 million went towards security for Zuckerberg and his family, up from about $9 million the year prior. Zuckerberg also received $2.6 million for personal use of private jets, which the company said was part of his overall security programm... read more

At least three states are investigating the Menlo Park, California-based company’s user data-protection practices, as is a federal grand jury in New York. read more

Companies like Facebook should not be allowed to behave like ‘digital gangsters’ in the online world, considering themselves to be ahead of and beyond the law, a hard-hitting report on ‘fake news’ by an influential committee of UK parliament said on... read more

Before he was at Cambridge Analytica, Wylie worked as a fashion-trends forecaster. When H&M learned of his former life, it started talking to the Canadian about a potential collaboration. read more

The potential fine stems from an FTC investigation opened after revelations that data mining firm Cambridge Analytica had vacuumed up details about as many as 87 million Facebook users without their permission. read more

During Parakilas’ stint in Facebook, he warned senior executives that the company’s data-sharing policies could have potentially damaging consequences. read more

To safeguard users’ privacy, we need to be able to move away from platforms like Facebook without losing access to their networks. read more

Post the Justice Puttaswamy v. UOI Privacy judgment and its emphatic declaration of privacy being a fundamental right, there is renewed interest in personal data protection, this time however with the individual and not commerce being the focus read more

Washington, DC Attorney General Karl Racine said Facebook misled users because it had known about the incident for two years before disclosing it. read more

Social media giant Facebook has been sharing its users’ personal data, including private messages and contact information for users’ friends, with some of the world’s largest technology companies like Microsoft, Amazon read more

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and chief operating officer Cheryl Sandberg, were both so bent on growing the company that they “ignored warning signs and then sought to conceal them from public view,” the report said. read more