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
Apr 10 Mark Zuckerberg to testify before Congress today. What you need to know By Saher Khan Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress for the first time this week, starting with a hearing on Tuesday. Here's a guide to his appearance on Capitol Hill. Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch 9:33 How should Facebook change to protect privacy? By Hari Sreenivasan Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, will face a grilling on Capitol Hill Tuesday. The company has been in damage control mode since news broke about a major breach of Facebook users’ personal information. Hari Sreenivasan reports and William Branham… Continue watching
Apr 09 At Facebook, ‘I’m responsible for what happens’: Read Mark Zuckerberg’s prepared House testimony By Joshua Barajas Amid mounting criticism over Facebook's handling of users' private data, the social media giant's founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said "we didn't do enough" to prevent the massive platform from being manipulated. Continue reading
Apr 06 Did Cambridge Analytica get your data? You’ll know soon By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Anyone who's been wondering if their private Facebook data might have been swept up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal will soon get their first clues. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 2:53 New Facebook revelations over user privacy deepen crisis and invite scrutiny By PBS News Hour Social media giant Facebook says it now believes that up to 87 million people had their data improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, the political consulting firm that worked for the Trump campaign, and that public profiles for most of the… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch 14:04 Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook ‘made big mistakes’ on protecting user data By Judy Woodruff, Jaywon Choe Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg apologized Thursday for the social media giant’s data breach and admitted the company failed to do enough to protect the data of tens of millions of its users. In an interview with Judy Woodruff,… Continue watching
Apr 04 Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to testify before House oversight panel on April 11 By Richard Lardner, Associated Press The panel's announcement comes as Facebook faces scrutiny over its data collection following allegations that the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica obtained data on tens of millions of Facebook users to try to influence elections. Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch 24:59 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 25, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, March 25, political fallout from March for Our Lives, and why an increasing number of African Americans are looking to buy guns. Also, New York’s Tenement Museum exhibits the lives of three immigrant families to… Continue watching
Mar 25 What Facebook doesn’t tell you about information it collects By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Facebook defends its data collection and sharing activities by noting that it's adhering to a privacy policy it shares with users, but activity isn’t limited to pages or posts. Continue reading