Cambridge Analytica

Facebook acknowledges that it shared data of some inactive users with third-party apps, says the issue has now been fixed

Facebook says that from the past several months, approximately 5,000 developers continued to receive user data even after they were inactive for over 90 days.

Judge urges Facebook to disclose app data for Massachusetts' investigation of its privacy practices

Facebook is asked to handover material about apps that it is suspected may have misused customer data.

Cambridge Analytica deceived Facebook users about data collection: US FTC

The order comes after Facebook agreed in July to pay a record-breaking $5 billion fine to the FTC.

Facebook's repetitive losses of users' privacy supplies a long-term need for supervision: US Judge

On 28 September 2018, Facebook said that hackers had exploited software flaws to access 50 million users' accounts.

Debating political ads on social media is Facebook, Twitter's way to derail issue; what's needed is legislation, not bans

The advertising model and opaque ad-targeting of these platforms ends up undermining trust in political advertising itself.

California reveals Facebook probe, accuses company of hampering the investigation

Some states have raised concerns that Facebook and other tech companies engage in anti-competitive practices.

Facebook to pay 500,000 pound penalty in UK over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Data from at least 1 million British users had been harvested and used for political purposes.

Books of the week: From Raghav Chandra's Kali's Daughter to the Cambridge Analytica story, our picks

Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.

Facebook suspends thousands of apps over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal

The suspended apps are associated with about 400 developers, Facebook said

Facebook privacy lawsuit to proceed, court calls its views on privacy 'so wrong'

Facebook argued that users suffered no "tangible" harm during the scandal.