Science May 31 Smartphone tracking data reveals that the 2016 election season spoiled Thanksgiving Americans gave up 74 million hours of Thanksgiving in 2016 due to fears of political strife, according to a study published Thursday in Science Magazine. By Nsikan Akpan
World May 22 WATCH: Zuckerberg testifies before European Parliament over data privacy Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is scheduled to testify before European Parliament officials at 12 p.m. ET today. Watch his remarks here. By Lorne Cook, Associated Press
Politics May 16 WATCH: Cambridge Analytica whistleblower testifies before Senate The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing Wednesday on the future of data privacy following revelations that Cambridge Analytica gathered personal information from some 87 million Facebook users. You can watch it live here. By Associated Press
Nation May 02 N.C. Democratic Party files complaint against Sen. Tillis, state GOP over work by Cambridge Analytica Cambridge Analytica, the British-based firm that supposedly improperly used data from tens of millions of Facebook users to influence the 2016 presidential race for Donald Trump, was also paid by the Tillis campaign and the state GOP for work in… By Associated Press
May 02 Cambridge Analytica, firm at center of Facebook privacy scandal, to shut down By Associated Press Wednesday's shutdown comes as the firm, which has been linked to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, is losing clients and facing legal fees from the Facebook case. Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch 25:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 15, 2018 By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Sunday, April 15, President Trump has another complicated weekend following missile strikes in Syria and as Washington readies for former FBI director James Comey’s new book. Also, while the art of photography has undergone a radical… Continue watching
Apr 10 Watch 8:06 Mark Zuckerberg grilled by Senate on data privacy, global influence and past mistakes Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took heat from the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, in the first of two days of congressional hearings on privacy, election interference and a range of other issues, stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Zuckerberg, founder of… Continue watching
Apr 10 Quiz: How much do you know about your internet privacy? By Rhana Natour We made a quiz to test your knowledge. Continue reading
Apr 10 WATCH: ‘It was clearly a mistake to believe’ Cambridge Analytica, Zuckerberg says By Joshua Barajas “When we heard back from Cambridge Analytica that they had told us they weren’t using the data and had deleted [the app], we considered it a closed case,” Zuckerberg told the Florida Sen. Bill Nelson. “In retrospect, that was clearly… Continue reading