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The timing of Silicon Valley's season 5 premiere occurred when Facebook has come under fire again, now for the Cambridge Analytica data breach, so maybe we will see some references to the data scandal in season 6.

Sandberg's comments to CNBC's «Closing Bell» come a day after CEO Mark Zuckerberg broke his silence on the Cambridge Analytica data scandal in a Facebook post.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg apologized for the Cambridge Analytica data scandal in an interview with CNBC's «Closing Bell» on Thursday and said the fallout is likely to bring greater regulation for the social media giant.

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.

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The company will begin bankruptcy proceedings, it said, after losing clients and facing mounting legal fees resulting from the scandal over reports the company harvested personal data about millions of Facebook users beginning in 2014.

Nonetheless, the company will have to step up its game due to the impending introduction of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May — so its attempt to comply with that sweeping reform may end up also being dressed up as its response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Cambridge Analytica, the political - consulting firm at the center of a data - collection and privacy scandal, said it's shutting down all operations and has begun insolvency proceedings in the U.K.

This year's F8 comes amid backlash against Facebook over user privacy and election meddling, following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which data from up to 87 million users was inappropriately obtained by a third party.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr weighs in on the regulatory possibilities for technology companies in the wake of the Facebook data scandal.

Facebook is facing its worst privacy scandal in years following allegations that Cambridge Analytica, a Trump - affiliated data mining firm, used ill - gotten data from millions of users through an app to try to influence elections.

While Mark Zuckerberg focuses on damage control following the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, his 14 - year - old social network this week kicked off a 30 - city tour for a digital skills training program starting in St. Louis.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in his second day of submitting to politicians» questions about the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and frankly a lot of it has started to blend together: data, moral responsibility, privacy, blah blah blah.

Facebook stock suffered its third worst week of all time in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal — which heightened privacy concerns and spurred government probes into the social media giant.

The current scandal surrounding Facebook, and in turn, Zuckerberg, is connected to the Cambridge Analytica data breach that was revealed last month.

Zuckerberg's second day of testimony kicked off with statements from Rep. Greg Walden (R — OR) and Rep. Frank Pallone (D — NJ) addressing their concerns in light of Facebook's latest data scandal.

The scandal triggered a sharp drop in Facebook shares amid concern the revelations could threaten the social network's business model of offering a free service in return for data that could be marketed to advertisers.

In the wake of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytics scandal, and the news now that the Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into Facebook's use of private customer data, a lot of people are taking a minute to check the third - party app settings on their Facebook profiles.

The law is intended to prevent the widespread use of privacy - infringing data such as that involved in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Executives from large technology firms could be called to appear in front of British lawmakers as they continue gathering evidence about fake news and data practices in the wake of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, a member of parliament (MP) told CNBC Wednesday.

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.

In a Facebook post published several days after the initial reports, Zuckerberg eventually responded to the continued fallout over the data scandal.

The company has been haunted by criticisms of how it handles users» data in the wake of a scandal that saw millions of people's data shared without their permission to Cambridge Analytica.

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There's likely to be lots of talk about virtual reality, augmented reality, video games, and, of course, data security — an issue that Facebook has been tangled up in since news broke of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

The Facebook data privacy and Russian election interference scandals show that artificial intelligence is still not up to many critical jobs in the technology sector.

Breaking more than four days of silence, Zuckerberg admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect user data in light of a privacy scandal involving a Trump - connected data - mining firm.

NEW YORK (AP)-- Breaking five days of silence, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized for a «major breach of trust,» admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect user data in light of a privacy scandal involving a Trump - connected data - mining firm.

In light of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica data scandal, messaging app WhatsApp has said it does not collect the contents of user's message and all messages are end - to - end encrypted.

Advertisers and their agencies should use their financial clout to force change at Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

The political data consulting firm at the center of the Facebook privacy scandal remains under investigation in the U.K. And one report raises the possibility of a rebranding.

Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has officially updated its data policy for the first time in years, clarifying a number of details about how it collects and uses its users» personal data.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a message Wednesday admitting mistakes in a privacy scandal involving a data mining firm with Trump connections.

Facebook finds itself in a massive scandal over supposedly lax privacy measures that allowed political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica to acquire and retain personal data from the social network.

The scandal has led to broader questions about how Facebook and other social media networks manage data, and Facebook has been changing its privacy policies and tools in response.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg — who has (reluctantly) become the face of the company's response to the Cambridge Analytica data - sharing scandal — will testify not just in front of the House Energy and Commerce Commitee next week as previously reported, but a joint hearing of the Senate as well.

Australia's privacy watchdog has opened an investigation into Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data misuse scandal.

In the midst of the Facebook data scandal, the focus has been on privacy and the extraordinary access to users»...

Facebook, embroiled in a huge data scandal which has wiped off over $ 100 billion in its market value, on Wednesday announced a...

Mark Zuckerberg and his data - hoarding creation Facebook remain in the crosshairs this week as scrutiny over its Cambridge Analytica profile - scraping scandal continues to mount, with the social media giant's stock price falling by over 13 percent this week.

But in the recent scandal over personal data, only Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg ended up testifying.

The developments come as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to appear in Washington Tuesday for hearings on the data scandal, in which at least 87 million people had their information harvested during the 2016 election cycle by Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm.

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Some developers suspect the change is part of Instagram parent company Facebook's scramble to improve data privacy in the wake of its non-stop string of data scandals.

During today's session committee chair Damian Collins again made a direct appeal for Zuckerberg to testify, pausing the flow of questions momentarily to cite news reports suggesting the Facebook founder has agreed to fly to Brussels to testify before European Union lawmakers in relation to the Cambridge Analytica Facebook data misuse scandal.

In remarks made on Twitter today, Jourova described the growing scale of the data misuse scandal as «very worrying» — and said the Commission «will watch closely» how the company's application of GDPR «will work in practice»In remarks made on Twitter today, Jourova described the growing scale of the data misuse scandal as «very worrying» — and said the Commission «will watch closely» how the company's application of GDPR «will work in practice»in practice».

Brouhahas over advertising have snared several online companies, including Facebook, which is currently embroiled in a data scandal.

The larger lesson of the scandal that brought down one of President Trump's campaign vendors is that politics and data are now inextricably linked — with or without Cambridge Analytica in the picture.

The move is a blow to the social media company, which is presently in turmoil over an ugly data scandal.

The ICO, the UK's data protection agency, is in the process of getting a warrant to search Cambridge Analytica's premises and will investigate the Facebook data scandal.

The cavalcade of scandals that followed that November — disputes over user data, fake news, and Russia's manipulation of the platform — has led to a «very basic shift in how we view our responsibility,» he said in an interview with The Atlantic on Friday.