For all the public outcry, official probes and hearings, financial penalties, apologies and proposed regulations, Facebook remains the world’s foremost surveillance tool – weaponized in all manner of malevolent ways by any number of hostile elements…
Popular ‘Family Safety’ App Busted Selling Precise Location Data on Millions – Including Children…
After the Cambridge Analytica / Facebook scandal and the ensuing ‘reforms’ within the tech industry to reign in wanton data harvesting by predatory app-makers, one might be left with the impression that the practice had been reined in…
Lawsuit: Facebook Overpaid FTC by $5 Billion to Shield Zuckerberg…
According to a pair of lawsuits made public on Tuesday, Facebook board members overpaid the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) an extra $5 billion in fines to settle a complaint by the agency and keep CEO Mark Zuckerberg from being held personally liable for the Cambridge Analytic data breach. The lawsuits claim the massive payment was contingent upon the FTC dropping plans to sue Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg…
Operatives Behind Steele Dossier Played Little Known Role in Another Debunked Conspiracy Theory…
In addition to their work on the Steele dossier, former British spy Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson also investigated now-debunked allegations of Russian meddling in British elections…
New Cambridge Analytica Leaks Reveal Psychological Manipulation of Global Population…
On New Year’s Day 2020, Twitter account @HindsightFiles began posting documents from data firm Cambridge Analytica (CA) which expose the extensive infrastructure used to manipulate voters on a global scale. More than 100,000 documents are said to be released in the coming months, revealing Cambridge Analytica’s activity in a shocking 68 countries, including elections in […]
Shocking Leak Reveals Facebook Leveraged User Data to Reward Friends, Punish Enemies…
As traders focused on bank earnings and the outlook for global growth, NBC News wrested the market’s attention back toward Facebook by publishing a report on what appears to be the largest leak of internal documents since the data privacy scandal that has dogged the company for more than a year erupted with the first […]
Internal Documents Show Facebook Has Never Deserved Our Trust or Our Data…
The question Mark Zuckerberg has been asked ad nauseum—after each and every new scandal that has affected Facebook—is “why should users trust Facebook with their data?” It’s been asked by members of Congress, rhetorically by journalists in dozens of thinkpieces, and directly to Zuckerberg in most recent press calls. Zuckerberg has been forced to contritely […]
Ever Wonder What Data Big Tech Collects on You?…
Have you ever asked yourself, “What does Google know about me?” The answer is uncomfortable. What Google knows about you includes everything from your clicks on ads to your birthday to the device you’re using right now and the Wi-Fi network it’s connected to. But Google pales in comparison to some of the other big […]
Facebook Cuts Off ‘Hundreds of Thousands’ of Apps in Privacy Crackdown Following Cambridge Analytica Scandal…
Facebook is cutting off ‘hundreds of thousands’ of inactive apps as part of a broader effort to improve user data privacy on the platform. The social media giant said it had shut down apps that didn’t follow the rules around its new review process, created in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In May, […]
Dem Lawmaker: ‘Looks Like Zuckerberg Lied to Congress’…
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