Mar 22 Facebook takes baby steps on privacy after scandal over user data collection By Barbara Ortutay, Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press But those steps don't get at what many outsiders see as bigger problems at Facebook: its rampant data collection from users, its embrace of political ads that target individuals, and its apparent inability to end malicious use of its service… Continue reading
Mar 21 What you can do to protect your personal data on Facebook By Dan Cooney In light of a user data scandal with the firm Cambridge Analytica, some consumers have jumped onto the hashtag #DeleteFacebook, pledging to leave the platform. But short of quitting Facebook for good, what else can you do to protect yourself?… Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch 7:40 Mark Zuckerberg promises change, but Facebook has failed to follow through in the past By PBS News Hour Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg broke his silence about what he acknowledged was a "breach of trust" with the public, after news investigations found Cambridge Analytica improperly obtained data on 50 million Facebook users. Zuckerberg also said steps had been taken… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch 8:07 Sen. King: 2018 elections are 'vulnerable' and U.S. is failing to deter our adversaries By PBS News Hour Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, says King joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the ongoing Russia investigation, failures by Facebook to regulate the use of its own data, President Trump’s congratulatory call to Russian President Vladimir Putin and securing state election systems. Continue watching
Mar 21 Facebook 'made mistakes,' Zuckerberg says of data scandal By Associated Press Zuckerberg is breaking more than four days of silence as he posts an update about the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch 4:27 Facebook faces scrutiny for how user data was used to influence elections By PBS News Hour British-based research firm Cambridge Analytica has been accused of harvesting data from more than 50 million Facebook users, and misleading the tech giant about it. New undercover video captured the CEO talking about their work for the Trump campaign. Meanwhile,… Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch 5:31 Investor says he tried to warn Facebook about 'bad actors' harming innocent people By PBS News Hour Roger McNamee, one of Facebook’s original investors and a mentor to Mark Zuckerberg, says he was concerned about the way “bad actors were taking the tools created for advertisers and using them to harm innocent people,” and alerted Zuckerberg and… Continue watching
Mar 20 UK parliament asks Mark Zuckerberg to testify in data misuse case By Danica Kirka and Gregory Katz, Associated Press A British parliamentary committee on Tuesday summoned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to answer questions on fake news as authorities step up efforts to determine whether data has been improperly used to influence elections. Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch 5:20 Amid Cambridge Analytica revelations, Facebook needs 'rules of the road,' says Sen. Klobuchar By PBS News Hour Facebook is at the center of a new firestorm, sparked by media reports that political data firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked for the Trump campaign, harvested private information from more than 50 million Facebook profiles -- and Facebook never told… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch 5:36 How a data analytics firm allegedly 'weaponized' Facebook to swing votes in 2016 By PBS News Hour On Friday, Facebook suspended Cambridge Analytica, a UK-headquartered data analytics firm, for allegedly using user data to devise election advertising strategy, particularly for undecided voters, in the run-up to the 2016 election. The U.S. arm of the firm reportedly received… Continue watching