‘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’’.
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.
Facebook tests patience of users
The mountain of evidence piling up this week exposes the rot at the core of Facebook.
Do tech firms know too much?
Analysing Facebook tells us less-intelligent people ‘like’ Harley Davidsons. Go figure!
How tech giants know so much
The data scandal amplifies concern about the marketing economy that has exploded around Facebook’s disregard for privacy.
The politics of data-mining
The use of private personal data goes much further than you might expect.
Analytica’s Aussie operative
A former Sydney Uni law graduate attempting to recruit Australian clients for Cambridge Analytica has returned home.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
Facebook in data privacy storm
Facebook is under fire over managing third-party access to users’ information, after a firm improperly kept data for years.
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