Sentences with phrase «campaigns accessed user data»
McCain said that there was a strong equivalence between how the Obama and Trump campaigns accessed user data on Facebook.
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Assange said her campaign had falsely suggested that accessing WikiLeaks data would expose users to malicious software.
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.
This week was full of startling, scary news about how carelessly Facebook treated user data, and how Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy previously led in part by Steve Bannon, abused access to that data, possibly for Trump's presidential campaign.
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.
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.
Facebook shares have fallen around five per cent after media reports that a political consultancy that worked on President Trump's campaign gained inappropriate access to data on 50 million Facebook users.
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.
Public anger over how tech giants stockpile and cash in on users» information exploded last month with the revelation that the data firm hired by Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign — Cambridge Analytica — was able to access and evaluate the...
The Federal Trade Commission confirmed that it has opened an investigation of Facebook following reports that a data analysis firm used by the Trump campaign improperly accessed the names, «likes» and other personal information from at least 30 million users on the social site.
The disclosure rules for Facebook come as the company is under increasing pressure to change its policies after it was revealed data firm Cambridge Analytica received access to user information, which in turn aided Donald Trump's presidential campaign in targeting its core supporters.
Facebook is still vying to rebuild its image after reports surfaced in March that millions of users» accounts were improperly accessed by Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that worked on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
Cambridge Analytica was accused of illegally accessing Facebook user data in violation of Facebook terms of service after the data was allegedly misused for U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign efforts in 2016.
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.
The event comes more than a month after news broke that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm with ties to President Donald Trump's campaign, accessed information from as many as 87 million Facebook users without their knowledge.
News broke this weekend that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm with ties to President Donald Trump's campaign, reportedly accessed information from about 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge.
The federal investigation and threats followed recent news that the data collection firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked on the 2016 Trump presidential campaign, gained access to the personal data of more than 50 million Facebook users.
The scandal has raised new questions about how Facebook manages and grants access to user data and how that information is used in political campaigns.
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.
It was learned late last Friday that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that worked with Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, gained access to the personal data of roughly 50 million users without their permission.
Facebook has been enduring a crisis of trust ever since it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm with ties to President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign, reportedly accessed information from about 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge.
According to Facebook, Dr. Kogan provided Cambridge Analytica — a political data analytics firm hired by President Donald Trump's campaign and financed by billionaire Robert Mercer — access to information about 50 million Facebook users, all the while telling Facebook the data was being gathered for academic purposes.
The investigation was spurred by reports that Facebook allowed political data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica to gain access to the personal information of more than 50 million Facebook users and use that data to craft targeted political advertising campaigns.
Facebook Inc. ignited a firestorm over how it manages third - party access to its users» information, after the social network said a firm with ties to the 2016 Trump campaign improperly kept data for years despite saying it had destroyed those records.
The crisis arose from news that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm with ties to President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, had improperly accessed data on tens of millions of Facebook users.
The stock tumbled about 7 % Monday on news that data firm Cambridge Analytica, which had ties to Trump's campaign, reportedly accessed information from about 50 million Facebook users.
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.
Zuckerberg's post came following public outcry in response to a report last weekend from The New York Times and The Observer of London that Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm hired by the Trump campaign, gained access to private information of more than 50 million Facebook users, including their profiles, locations and what they like.
The Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into Facebook following reports that a data analytics firm that had worked with the Trump campaign had improperly accessed names, «likes» and other personal information about tens of millions of the social site's users without their knowledge.
News broke this weekend that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm with ties to President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, accessed information from 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge, and might have kept that data even after Facebook told the company to delete it.
Congressional lawmakers have formally requested that Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg testify at an upcoming hearing in response to reports that a data analytics firm used by the Trump campaign had improperly accessed the names, «likes» and other personal information of about 50 million users on the social site.
Facebook (FB) is under intense pressure to answer these questions — and more — after it admitted that a company linked to President Donald Trump's campaign had accessed and improperly stored a huge trove of its user data.
The stakes are extremely high for Menlo Park - based Facebook as it tries to win back its users» trust after reports over the weekend that Cambridge Analytica — a London - based data analytics firm that worked with Donald Trump's presidential campaign — had accessed the personal information of 50 million Facebook users without their permission.
Politicians in the United States and in Europe are calling on Zuckerberg to look into how the social network's user data may have been compromised after data firm Cambridge Analytica, which had ties to Trump's campaign, reportedly gained access to information from approximately 50 million Facebook users.
Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm hired by President Trump's 2016 election campaign, gained access to information on 50 million Facebook users as a way to identify the personalities of American voters and influence their behavior.
The growing scrutiny comes after news broke that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm with ties to President Donald Trump's campaign, reportedly gained access to information about 50 million Facebook (FB) users.
Regulators in the U.S. and U.K. have criticized the company for allowing Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that helped the Trump campaign, to access data on users without their express permission and hold that data for years despite saying that it had destroyed those records.
The data firm, which has ties to President Donald Trump's campaign, reportedly accessed information from about 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge.
Cambridge Analytica, the political data firm with ties to President Trump's 2016 campaign, suspended its chief executive, Alexander Nix, on Tuesday, amid the furor over the access it gained to private information on more than 50 million Facebook users.
The consequences of that shift are now coming into sharper view amid a growing scandal over Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm tied to the Donald Trump presidential campaign that accessed details from 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge in an attempt to influence voters.
And on Friday, Facebook suspended Cambridge Analytica after receiving reports the firm didn't delete data from an app developer, despite saying it had done so, potentially giving it access to massive amounts of user information to allegedly tailor misinformation campaigns.
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.
Two weeks ago it was revealed that the company allowed a Cambridge University researcher, Aleksandr Kogan, access to the data of 50 million Facebook users who then provided it to Cambridge Analytica, which was used by Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign to help him win the White House.
Facebook's stock price has been plummeting and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is being called to appear before multiple countries» political bodies after last week's reports that Cambridge Analytica, the data firm hired by the Donald Trump campaign in the 2016 US election, had access to 50 million Facebook users» data without their consent.
A political data firm tied to the Trump campaign gained access to information on 50 million Facebook users.
Though Facebook closed the door on developers being able to access friends» data when they download apps or quizzes on Facebook several years ago, the company didn't shut out mobile app developers from having access to Facebook users» lists of friends, which is what Clinton's campaign did through an app her voter - targeting team made for supporters in 2016.
Cambridge Analytica accessed data from 50 million Facebook users during the 2016 US presidential campaign without the users» permission.
Recent revelations that a data - mining company (Cambridge Analytica) had accessed the personal information of millions of Facebook users in order to create targeted political ads for the Trump presidential campaign resulted in outrage, calls for regulation, and a tumble for Facebook stock prices.
Zuckerberg's comments came amidst the Cambridge Analytica scandal in which the British data firm, which has ties to President Donald Trump's campaign, reportedly accessed information from about 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge.
In fact, Facebook and Cambridge Analytica worked side - by - side for the 2016 Donald Trump campaign at its digital operation in San Antonio, Texas — a year after the tech giant discovered that Cambridge Analytica had access to the Facebook users» data in violation of the company's policies.