Facebook to create privacy panel, pay Ksh.500 billion to U.S. to settle allegations

By Reuters,

The Federal Trade Commission is set to announce on Wednesday that Facebook Inc has agreed to a sweeping settlement of significant allegations it misha...

Cambridge Analytica , facebook , Federal Trade Commission , Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook to be fined Ksh.500B over Cambridge Analytica scandal 

By CNN,

The Federal Trade Commission has reportedly approved an approximately $5 billion settlement with Facebook, suggesting a lengthy investigation into the...

Cambridge Analytica , facebook , Federal Trade Commission , George W Bush , Mark Zuckerberg

Your Facebook profile can indicate if you have a medical condition, a study finds

By CNN,

Your social media could reveal a lot more about you than you think. Say, for example, whether you have a medical condition. In a new study, researc...

facebook , Mental Health

Kenya grapples with fake news as women, politicians take the hit

By Rachel Ombaka,

'Forwarded as received' is one of the most common statements on WhatsApp messages probably intended to quash any doubts in the recipient's mind that i...

fake news , gender forum , Online Harassment , social media , Trolls

Facebook executive meets with U.S. lawmakers to discuss privacy

By Reuters,

With a multibillion-dollar settlement looming for Facebook over user privacy violations, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg met with U.S. lawmake...

Google set to launch privacy tools to limit online tracking

By Reuters,

Alphabet Inc’s Google is set to roll out a dashboard-like function in its Chrome browser to offer users more control in fending off tracking cookies...

Cambridge Analytica , eMarketer , Google

After data scandals, Australia faces an election under heavy profiling

By Reuters,

Australian political parties are using voter email addresses to find matching social media profiles then combining them with the country’s compulsor...

Australia , Australian Information Commissioner , Glenn Kefford , NationBuilder

Canada watchdog to seek court order to force Facebook to follow privacy laws

By Reuters,

Facebook Inc broke Canadian privacy laws when it collected the information of some 600,000 citizens, a top watchdog said on Thursday, pledging to seek...

Cambridge Analytica , facebook , Privacy Law

Facebook beats profit estimates, sets aside $3 billion for privacy penalty

By Reuters,

Facebook Inc on Wednesday blew past Wall Street profit estimates in the first quarter and set aside $3 billion to cover a settlement with U.S. regulat...

Facebook $3 billion for privacy penalty

Facebook ‘unintentionally’ uploaded email contacts of 1.5 million users

By VOA,

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it may have "unintentionally uploaded" email contacts of 1.5 million new users since May 2016, in what seems to be the ...

facebook , Zuckerberg

Facebook removes accounts linked to Indian political parties, Pakistan’s military

By VOA,

Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts and pages linked to Indian political parties or the Pakistani military for what the company described as "co...

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Facebook broke rules, should be regulated: UK lawmakers

By Reuters,

Facebook intentionally breached data privacy and competition law and should, along with other big tech companies, be subject to a new regulator to pro...

British lawmakers , facebook , Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook needs independent ethical oversight: UK lawmakers

By Reuters,

Facebook and other big tech companies should be subject to a compulsory code of ethics to tackle the spread of fake news, the abuse of users’ data a...

Cambridge Analytica , facebook , Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook backs election integrity, AI initiatives in Germany

By Reuters,

Facebook has launched German initiatives to defend election integrity and examine the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), its operations chief sai...

AI , facebook , germany

2018 was the year Facebook and Twitter grew up

By CNN,

When a young person turns 18, in most countries they are considered adults, liable for their mistakes and misdeeds. 2018 was the year social media an...

Cambridge Analytica scandal , Mark Zuckerberg

Social media’s year of falling from grace

By VOA,

In 2018, technology firms such as Facebook and Google faced more scrutiny and negative press over their handling of data breaches and online speech. T...

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Lawmakers criticize Facebook’s Zuckerberg for U.K Parliament no-show

By VOA,

Facebook came under fire on Tuesday from lawmakers from several countries who accused the firm of undermining democratic institutions and lambasted ch...

Cambridge Analytica , facebook , Mark Zuckerberg , Six4Three

The crazy tale of how the UK parliament ended up with secret Facebook documents

By CNN,

An American app developer who gave confidential documents about Facebook to UK lawmakers during a visit to London says he did so because he panicked a...

California court , Carole Cadwalladr , facebook , Ted Kramer

As problems pile up, Zuckerberg stands his ground

By CNN,

After spending much of this year apologizing for Facebook's many missteps, CEO Mark Zuckerberg was defiant in an exclusive interview with CNN Business...

Cambridge Analytica data scandal , facebook , Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg , Facebook user privacy

Facebook referred to EU watchdog over targeting, fake ads

By Wycliffe Nyamasege,

Britain’s information watchdog has referred Facebook to the lead regulator under Europe’s data regime to look at how the social network targets, m...

Cambridge Analytica , Data privacy , facebook