New Cambridge Analytica Leak Reveals A Lot More About Global Manipulation
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New Cambridge Analytica Leak Reveals A Lot More About Global Manipulation

A new trove of over 100,000 documents related to the defunct Cambridge Analytica has started to leak online via the Twitter handle @HindsightFiles. According to The Guardian, the documents first surfaced on New Year’s day; they are revealing information about how the firm operated in over 68 countries and manipulated voters on ‘an industrial scale.’…

Facebook Announces Another Data Leak; It’s Group Members’ Data This Time
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Facebook Announces Another Data Leak; It’s Group Members’ Data This Time

If you are a member of any group on the social media website Facebook, your personal data might have been improperly accessed by some 100 app developers. Today, Facebook announced another data breach and said that as many as 100 third-party app developers might have accessed and retained user information including users’ names and profile…

Programmers Aren’t Super Excited About Working At Facebook Anymore
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Programmers Aren’t Super Excited About Working At Facebook Anymore

In December 2018, the career website Glassdoor released its annual list of the best places to work. On the list, Facebook ranked in seventh place and got a 4.5 award score out of 5. In the previous iteration of the list, the social media company ranked 1st. The report didn’t surprise anyone, thanks to the…

1.5M Users’ Contacts Uploaded By Facebook Without Their Consent
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1.5M Users’ Contacts Uploaded By Facebook Without Their Consent

As part of its habit (which seems to die hard), Facebook has been found uploading contact details of around 1.5 million users without their knowledge while it asked users of his or her email passwords. The new revelation suggests that since 2016, Facebook has been “unintentionally” accumulating users’ contacts, and uploading them onto the platform when…

Things Are Really, Really Bad At Facebook; Zuckerberg Turns Aggressive
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Things Are Really, Really Bad At Facebook; Zuckerberg Turns Aggressive

Facebook has been plagued by an internal turmoil after Zuckerberg has sought aggressive means to address the falling shares and slow user growth. A report by The Wall Street Journal has pointed out that Zuckerberg’s new aggressive approach has forced many top executives to leave the company. Facebook CEO also blamed Sheryl Sandberg for the…

Facebook Is The Least Trusted Major Tech Company, Poll Suggests
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Facebook Is The Least Trusted Major Tech Company, Poll Suggests

It seems like Facebook has a long way to go when it comes to gaining back the trust of its users. The social networking site is voted the least trustworthy tech company, according to a recent poll conducted by Fortune. The poll, in collaboration with Harris Poll organization, was conducted in October on behalf of…

WhatsApp Co-founder: I “Sold My Users’ Privacy” And Helped Facebook Betray Users
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WhatsApp Co-founder: I “Sold My Users’ Privacy” And Helped Facebook Betray Users

A little backstory here — Brian Acton, the co-founder of Whatsapp, sold his company to Facebook for about $22 billion, back in 2014, and turned from a “poor guy” into a multi-billionaire. For those who don’t know, this is the same guy who was one of the first ones to support “#delete campaign” back in March, when the…

Facebook Slapped With “Maximum” U.K. Fine For Cambridge Analytica Scandal
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Facebook Slapped With “Maximum” U.K. Fine For Cambridge Analytica Scandal

If you calculate Facebook’s estimated revenue for a period of just 7 minutes, it’ll turn out to be around $665,000. When you compare it to the fine imposed by the U.K. Information Commissioner for Facebook data leak of as many as 87 million users, you won’t notice much difference. However, as per the rules, the UK watchdog…

Ex-Cambridge Analytica Employees Are Reportedly Handling Trump’s 2020 Campaign
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Ex-Cambridge Analytica Employees Are Reportedly Handling Trump’s 2020 Campaign

Cambridge Analytica was taken down after it was heavily accused of manipulating the results of America’s 2016 Presidential Elections. The firm also faced massive criticism for stealing the data of 87 million Facebook users without the consent. It has been reported by The Associated Press that the alumni of Cambridge Analytica who have set up a…

Cambridge Analytica Planned Its Own Cryptocurrency For Selling Your Data
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Cambridge Analytica Planned Its Own Cryptocurrency For Selling Your Data

A lot of bad things happening today on the web are tied to a single name: Cambridge Analytica. The firm–and Facebook–was first criticised for obtaining and using data of 87 million users to build psychological profiles for political campaigns. Just recently, the company’s former employee Brittany Kaiser, who’s the latest whistleblower in town, revealed that the Facebook data…