San Francisco : After taking down SpaceX, Tesla and his own official pages from Facebook, the billionaire entrepreneur has now justified his action. “It’s not a political statement and I didn’t do this because someone dared me to do it. Just don’t like Facebook. Gives me the willies. Sorry,” Must tweeted on Saturday night. The […]
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Facebook sells your data: Steve Bannon
New York : Targeting Facebook’s business model, US President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist and former Vice President of Cambridge Analytica Steve Bannon has accused the social network giant of selling people’s data. Speaking at a conference held by the Financial Times newspaper on Thursday, Bannon, however, said that he did not know about the […]
Facebook most welcome, but no compromise on data security: Prasad
New Delhi : Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said social media giant Facebook, which has a robust presence in the country, is welcome, provided there is no compromise on data security. “Facebook is most welcome here, why not? They have the most robust presence here. But as far as […]
Here’s how Facebook wants to prevent future data breaches
San Francisco : From taking action on potential past abuse to putting stronger protections in place to prevent future abuse, Facebook has said it has chalked out a roadmap for its “future” after being rocked by a data breach scandal. “What happened with Cambridge Analytica was a breach of the trust people place in Facebook […]
Mark Zuckerberg apologises for data debacle, says ready to testify
San Francisco : Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised for the data debacle that has upended the social media giant and said he was ready to testify before Congress, a media report said. “The short answer is I’m happy to if it’s the right thing to do,” Zuckerberg said in a CNN interview on Wednesday […]
Committed to protect user data, says Facebook
New Delhi : Facebook on Wednesday said it would engage with the Indian government after IT and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad threatened to summon its CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the alleged harvesting and use of personal data from the social media giant to influence voters in the country. In a brief statement following Prasad’s […]
All about Cambridge Analytica data scandal
New Delhi : Cambridge Analytica, the London-based data consultancy firm in the midst of a global row, has allegedly been using Facebook users’ data to unfairly influence election results by psychological manipulation, entrapment techniques and fake news campaigns. But Britain’s Channel 4 News on Monday exposed how senior executives at Cambridge Analytica were caught on […]
Alleged Facebook data breach triggers Congress-BJP feud
New Delhi : The BJP and the Congress on Wednesday accused each other of using the services of embattled data consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica (CA) that along with Facebook is at the centre of a global row over the alleged unauthorized use of personal data from the social media giant. As the firestorm over the […]
India warns Facebook, Zuckerberg of action over data breach
New Delhi : India on Wednesday warned social media giant Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg of “stringent action” including summoning him over “misuse” of data to allegedly influence electoral process. “As Law Minister of India let me make it very, very clear. We fully support freedom of press, freedom of speech and expression and […]
Facebook Messenger gives more controls to group administrators
San Francisco : Making it easier to control large groups on Messenger, Facebook on Wednesday introduced a feature that gives the administrators more powers where they will be able to approve and remove members and promote or demote any other person in the group chat. “Since 2.5 million new groups were created on Messenger every […]