Sentences with phrase «analytica gained»

Facebook now says the data firm Cambridge Analytica gained unauthorized access to up to 87 million users» data, mainly in the United States.

Jonathan Albright, a research director at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, said that while he welcomed Zuckerberg's explanation of how Cambridge Analytica gained access to the data in question, he was disappointed that the CEO did not address why Facebook enabled so much third - party access to its users» personal information for so many years.

The Facebook Container add - on is one of several steps Mozilla has taken to distance itself from Facebook following the disclosures that Cambridge Analytica gained access to 50 million users» data without permission during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Facebook remains under fire as British and American authorities are demanding an explanation, not only as to how Cambridge Analytica gained access to Facebook's data, but as for why it took years for Facebook to notify the public.

Facebook has come under fire after reports that conservative research firm Cambridge Analytica gained access to data from 50 million Facebook profiles before the 2016 presidential election.

The probes follow a weekend of turmoil for Facebook after reports that Cambridge Analytica gained access to the data of more than 50 million users.

The probes follow a weekend of turmoil for Facebook after reports that Cambridge Analytica gained access to the data of more than 50 million users.

In 2014, Cambridge Analytica gained access to the Facebook data of tens of millions of people with a technique widely used during that time to collect information on Facebook users.

Perhaps it was an inflated sense of public trust, an attitude of invincibility, or an unwillingness to own up to responsibility that led Zuckerberg, COO Sheryl Sandberg and other Facebook executives to take a painfully long time to formulate a response to the news that data firm Cambridge Analytica gained access to millions of its users» data three years ago.

In a June 2014 email, a director of Cambridge's Psychometrics Center wrote to Cambridge Analytica chief executive Alexander Nix, who was working with Kogan, about his concerns over Cambridge Analytica gaining access to his center's database.

In a June 2014 email, a director of Cambridge's Psychometrics Center wrote to Cambridge Analytica chief executive Alexander Nix, who was working with Kogan, about his concerns over Cambridge Analytica gaining access to his center's database.

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Cambridge Analytica was accused of improperly gaining access to the sensitive user information for as many as 87 million Facebook users.

Cambridge Analytica was accused of improperly gaining access to the sensitive user information of Facebook users.

After news that political research firm Cambridge Analytica was able to gain access to unauthorized user data through the guise of a personality quiz, Facebook found itself in hot water.

The company is facing questions from lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic about how it handles personal user data after a pair of weekend reports by The Observer newspaper in the U.K. and The New York Times alleged research firm Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to the data of more than 50 million Facebook users.

In its biggest crisis ever, Facebook is under fire over its handling of personal data following reports that political research firm Cambridge Analytica wrongly gained access to personal data of more than 50 million Facebook users.

Zuckerberg faced tough questions on user privacy, foreign meddling on the site and abuse of social media tools in the wake of reports that research firm Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to the personal data of as many as 87 million Facebook users.

In recent days, a series of reports have detailed how Cambridge Analytica, a British data mining firm, gained access to personal data on 50 million Facebook users and relied on it as part of its work for Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016.

The company is facing questions following reports that research firm Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to the personal data of as many as 87 million Facebook users.

Facebook said it asked Cambridge Analytica to delete the data back in 2015 when it first learned the company inappropriately gained access to the information.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg remained calm under pressure during five hours of questioning by U.S. senators about a series of recent crises culminating with the latest involving Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm that gained access to data about up to 87 million Facebook users.

that Cambridge Analytica had gained unauthorized access to information about tens of millions of Facebook users.

Facebook is facing questions of its data handling following reports that research firm Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to the personal data of more than 50 million Facebook users.

Facebook is facing questions following reports that research firm Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to the personal information of as many as 87 million Facebook users.

The social media giant is under fire over its handling of personal data following reports that research firm Cambridge Analytica wrongly gained access to personal data of more than 50 million Facebook users.

Much of the news this past week has focused on what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg did — or did not do — when he found out that Cambridge Analytica had gained unauthorized access to information about tens of millions of Facebook users.

Data and privacy have become hot topics in digital advertising, of course, particularly after reports this year that data firm Cambridge Analytica improperly gained information on up to 87 million Facebook users.

Facebook has denied violating the consent decree when it allowed an app developer working for Cambridge Analytica to gain access to information about an estimated tens of millions of people.

But the news that Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm that worked on President Trump's 2016 campaign, was able to gain access to private data through the social network has sparked an unusually strong reaction among its users.

Earlier this week, a whistleblower claimed that Cambridge Analytica, a London - headquartered political consultancy and data analytics firm, had used data collected from millions of Facebook profiles to gain an understanding of American voter behaviour.

Starting in 2013, the New York Times reports that a UK - based Palantir employee worked with Cambridge Analytica — going on to gain access to the dataset of 50M + Facebook users the latter firm obtained in 2014 via a third party personality quiz app deployed on the social network giant's platform.

With a little coding know - how, you could use this script to repeatedly mangle all your Facebook posts over a period of several months, to make the bulk of Facebook's data on you virtually unusable (though it doesn't do anything for the data that's already been scraped by third - parties, like the kind Cambridge Analytica allegedly gained access to).

News that Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm hired by President Trump's 2016 election campaign, gained access to private information on more than 50 million Facebook users has weighed not only on the shares of Facebook but on Alphabet as well.

Cambridge Analytica was accused of improperly gaining access to the sensitive user information of as many as 87 million Facebook users.

The #DeleteFacebook movement is gaining steam in social media, as Facebook finds itself in a massive scandal after political consulting company Cambridge Analytica acquired personal data from the platform.

Facebook said Friday a British researcher and his firm, Global Science Research, legitimately gained access to the personal data of Facebook users in 2013 while working on a personality prediction app, but the researcher violated Facebook's rules by passing it on to Cambridge Analytica.

This technique, once widely used but now severely restricted, meant that officials affiliated with the voter profiling firm, Cambridge Analytica, could gain access to basic demographics and the Facebook «likes» of all of the friends of the 270,000 people who downloaded an app called «thisisyourdigitallife.»

With Cambridge Analytica, a third party gained access to user data and then gave or sold it to the data analytics company; there are other examples of third - party apps selling Facebook data to data brokers, which can then reuse it on Facebook and elsewhere.

One former Cambridge Analytica employee, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal corporate matters, described hearing Rebekah Mercer express over the phone excitement at the results of 2014 congressional midterms, when Republicans made significant gains to which Cambridge Analytica said it had contributed.

He used the term a «breach of trust» to describe the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which a political data firm linked to Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign gained access to information on some 50 million Facebook users.

In the case of Cambridge Analytica, Facebook says a researcher from Cambridge University, Aleksandr Kogan, used a personality quiz app in 2014 to gain access to the data of 270,000 Facebook users, including their friends and «likes.»

The Observer of London and the New York Times reported Saturday that Cambridge Analytica had gained access to information on 50 million Facebook users, citing internal documents and interviews with former employees and associates.

Facebook fixed years ago the original loophole in its developer program that allowed Cambridge Analytica to gain access to this data.

Jessi Hempel, Wired senior writer, and James Cakmak, Monness Crespi, Hardt & Company stock analyst, provide insight to Facebook's challenges after claims Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to user data.

On Friday, Facebook's vice president and deputy general counsel, Paul Grewal, said in a detailed statement that a University of Cambridge psychology professor, Aleksandr Kogan, had provided Facebook user data he gained through an app to third - parties, including Cambridge Analytica — a breach of the social media site's policies on protecting people's information.

Separately on Monday, British news station Channel 4 News broadcast an undercover sting which showed senior executives at Cambridge Analytica suggesting that entrapment techniques such as bribes and sex workers could be used to help a politician gain favor against a rival.

Conservative research firm Cambridge Analytica allegedly gained access to data from 50 million Facebook profiles before the 2016 presidential election.

The congressman said Facebook made a big mistake in turning a blind eye to privacy issues, particularly regarding British consulting firm Cambridge Analytica which gained access to 50 million users» private information without their knowledge.

One former Cambridge Analytica employee, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal corporate matters, described hearing Rebekah Mercer express over the phone excitement at the results of 2014 congressional midterms, when Republicans made significant gains to which Cambridge Analytica said it had contributed.

The Observer of London and the New York Times reported Saturday that Cambridge Analytica had gained access to information on 50 million Facebook users, citing internal documents and interviews with former employees and associates.