Legacy news finds its teeth
The tardiness in responding to the Cambridge Analytica scandal speaks volumes about how serious this is for Facebook.
Advertisers won’t trust Facebook
The events of the past week concerning Facebook are more than a fundamental breach of trust; they mark a watershed moment.
Losing friends, infuriating people
Facebook’s disregard for the privacy of its users is costing it dearly.
Facebook boycott begins
Leading brands pull their advertising from Facebook as a UK minister warned the company could face fines of more $1.8bn.
Big Tech needs to get it together
Facebook faces a reputational meltdown. This is how it, and the wider industry, should respond.
Apologies are in a sorry state
A guide to the non-apology apology and other crisis management techniques.
Facebook faces ad revolt
Advertisers threatened to abandon Facebook as Mark Zuckerberg admitted the company had bungled the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Uni alarm over data harvesting
Cambridge University was warned in 2015 that Aleksandr Kogan was harvesting data from millions of Facebook users.
Can we still be friends?
Mark Zuckerberg has finally apologised over Facebook’s role in the misuse of data on 50 million social-media users.
Unlikely to kill golden goose
Doubts have been raised over Mark Zuckerberg’s promised clampdown on the commercial use of people’s data.
‘Bosses failed to act on risks’
The Facebook leak to Cambridge Analytica was “worse than a data breach”, a whistleblower said yesterday.
‘It was a major breach of trust’
Mark Zuckerberg apologises and says if Facebook “can’t protect people’s data we don’t deserve to do what we are doing’’.
Internet will benefit from rules
Just as Dickens tackled the jungle of publishing in his day, the time has come for online communication to be regulated.
The politics of data-mining
The use of private personal data goes much further than you might expect.
Facebook tests patience of users
The mountain of evidence piling up this week exposes the rot at the core of Facebook.
How tech giants know so much
The data scandal amplifies concern about the marketing economy that has exploded around Facebook’s disregard for privacy.
Do tech firms know too much?
Analysing Facebook tells us less-intelligent people ‘like’ Harley Davidsons. Go figure!
Analytica’s Aussie operative
A former Sydney Uni law graduate attempting to recruit Australian clients for Cambridge Analytica has returned home.
How to protect your privacy
It’s time to thoroughly check the data you entrust to Facebook and, through it, to connected apps.
Concern Facebook exploits users
Australian competition czar Rod Sims is concerned Facebook could be exploiting consumers’ lack of knowledge.
Why Facebook should scare you
The story of the Facebook data mining scandal shows how easy it is to steal details of our lives. Here’s how to protect yourself.
Social media giants must behave
The PM’s adviser on social security says social media companies need to behave in a way which meets community expectations.
Data mining boss suspended
The CEO of the company that mined the personal details of 50 million US Facebook users has been suspended.
‘I’ll resign to save Analytica’
The Cambridge Analytica chief admitted he may have to resign after the company’s role in the 2016 US election was revealed.
Data misuse rocks Facebook
Facebook is facing investigations in America and Europe over the alleged misuse of personal data.
Facebook defriends users’ trust
You can’t put a price on trust, but for Facebook, at least, the lack of it is getting expensive.
Users urged to #DeleteFacebook
Facebook users appear to be leaving the social media site in droves after reports of Cambridge Analytica’s data grab.
Facebook’s $46bn hit from crisis
Intensifying questions about Facebook’s handling of user data have dragged its stock to its biggest decline in four years.
Facebook and the honeytraps
CEO of company accused of mining private Facebook data offered ‘beautiful Ukrainian girls’ to entrap clients’ political rivals.
Facebook assumes we are fools
The idea of harvesting of data and then selling a service based on having it is, and has always been, what Facebook is all about.
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