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"data scandal" refers to a situation where there is a discovery or revelation of inappropriate or unethical handling of personal or sensitive information by a company or organization. It usually involves the unauthorized collection, misuse, or mishandling of data, which can have serious consequences for individuals' privacy and security.
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The move is a blow to the social media company, which is presently in turmoil over an
ugly data scandal.
It also followed the broader tech market selloff in the wake of the Cambridge
Analytica data scandal embroiling Facebook.
Siegler mentioned the recent
Facebook data scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, saying he was disturbed not just by the event, but by the responses to it.
After the latest turn in the ongoing Cambridge Analytica
user data scandal, Indonesia's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said Friday it would investigate Facebook over possible violations of Indonesian privacy law.
United States Facebook to change privacy controls in wake
of data scandal, Reuters Suspended Cambridge Analytica CEO to appear before UK parliamentary committee, Reuters
Given the recent
data scandal involving Facebook and YouTube's crackdown on free speech, Tron offers a unique alternative to the status quo.
Facebook's Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer will answer questions from British lawmakers on the social media giant's
recent data scandal on April 26, a parliamentary committee said on Friday.
U.K. lawmakers prepared to summon Facebook boss Zuckerberg
over data scandal, Reuters Sainsbury CEO apologizes after being caught on TV singing «We're in the Money» after $ 10 - billion takeover, Financial Post
Shares of the social media giant entered a bear market Monday on news of a
massive data scandal involving political research firm Cambridge Analytica.
With the recent facebook
data scandal with Cambridge Analytica coming to light, many consumers are beginning to get wise about who they give their data to.
The Facebook CEO was in D.C. thanks to the Cambridge Analytica
data scandal in March, in which an outside firm was able to acquire information about 87 million people without their permission.
Facebook's share price was on a similar trajectory throughout April, as investor dismay over the Cambridge Analytica
data scandal for most of the month gave way to optimism.
Facebook, embroiled in a
huge data scandal which has wiped off over $ 100 billion in its market value, on Wednesday announced a...
In an explosive expose published in mid-March, The Guardian and The New York Times initially reported that 50 million Facebook profiles were harvested for Cambridge Analytica in a
major data scandal.
Facebook is down more than 12 % since news of the Cambridge Analytica
data scandal broke on March 16, and last month was the social media giant's worst in four years.
Facebook previously apologized for the recent
data scandal by taking out a full - page ad in notable newspapers this week.
In light of the Facebook
data scandal more people are beginning to challenge the web's pervasive surveillance culture.
The Facebook
data scandal erupted after a whistleblower revealed that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm with ties to Trump's 2016 campaign, accessed personal data from 50 million users of the website without their knowledge, and might have kept that data even after the social media giant told the company to delete it.
But the Facebook founder also seized on the opportunity to indulge in a little suggestive shade throwing which looked very much like an attempt to blame - shift responsibility for the massive
data scandal embroiling his company onto, of all things, one of the UK's most prestigious universities.
That could lead to
future data scandals that may make people take Zuckerberg up on his assertion that if Facebook can't keep people's data safe, they shouldn't use it.
Facebook stock is still plummeting following a major user
data scandal revealing a British research firm Cambridge Analytica harvested personal information of 50 million Facebook users several years back with the goal of powering a platform meant to influence American voters.
Last week, Trump responded to a report from Axios which said the President is not worried about the user
data scandal rocking Facebook (FB) but is instead «obsessed» with finding a way to regulate Amazon.
Stephen Colbert is just as on top of the Cambridge Analytica
Data scandal as anyone and he's just as determined to make it look like the idiocy it's become.
A Cambridge University psychologist sold the data, which was collected through an app deployed on Facebook in 2014, to Cambridge Analytica, which violated Facebook's rules (see Facebook and Cambridge Analytica:
Data Scandal Intensifies).
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's appearances this week at congressional hearings delving into the Cambridge Analytica
data scandal mark a crucial moment for the company, its users, and the broader public — and it's important that members of Congress use it wisely.
(For much more on that, see: Everything you need to know about the DraftKings and
FanDuel data scandal.)
And it turns out the worldwide Facebook
data scandal got its start in B.C. Sure, we live in a beautiful province ---LSB-...]
Facebook and Zuckerberg really has EU regulators to thank for forcing it to do so much of the groundwork now underpinning its response to this its largest
ever data scandal.
The data broker is shutting down, saying its connection to the Facebook
data scandal killed its business.
Washington lawyer Joseph Simons, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Trade Commission, was confirmed by the Senate as the agency tackles high - profile consumer - protection cases like the Facebook
Inc. data scandal.
The new rules have been looming in the background for months, but they've come to the forefront of people's minds since the Facebook
data scandal drove personal data into the spotlight.
Even after the
unforgettable data scandal where 25 million private records went missing, following a systemic failure at HM Revenue and Customs (a body set up by Gordon Brown to ensure greater control over Britain's tax system) the expensive ID card scheme still has the green light.
They have studied such an option in the past, but now there's more internal momentum to pursue it in light of Facebook's recent
privacy data scandal.
Zorita's revelations are the latest in a series of continuing fallout to the global warming establishment and to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), since the email and
data scandal dubbed «ClimateGate» broke earlier this month.
Facebook's scramble to clean up the Cambridge Analytica
data scandal laid bare in newly published documents
Late Friday the Cambridge Analytica
data scandal spread wider, as Facebook announced it has also suspended Canadian data firm AggregateIQ.
The Facebook
data scandal all - but confirmed a long - held suspicion that Cambridge Analytica (CA) used online voter profiling techniques that may have helped swing the 2016 US election in favour of Donald Trump.
Why it matters: The fallout from this user
data scandal keeps widening, as Facebook unearths more damage and names new players in the scheme.
However, the organization accelerated its development after the Cambridge Analytica
data scandal came to light.
As with its
past data scandals, the Facebook faithful largely have stayed with the network.
If today's Facebook
dark data scandal proves a tipping point, it may yet portend a brighter future.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be making a statement within the next 24 hours, after several days of silence since the company's
data scandal began, Axios first reported.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg largely avoided the spotlight for five days after the Cambridge
Analytical data scandal broke, before embarking on a media apology tour with carefully chosen outlets.