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 […]

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (File Photo)

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 […]