Social media and Mass media: Who has the Political Midas touch?
The phrase Quid pro quo would best describe the current relationship between social media and politics with each in a symbiotic relationship with the other....
Cambridge Analytica
Facebook ‘to be fined $5bn over Cambridge Analytica scandal’
US regulators have approved a record $5bn (£4bn) fine on Facebook to settle an investigation into data privacy violations, reports in US media say. The...
Facebook reveals its data-share VIPs
Facebook has revealed which businesses it gave special rights to access users’ data after it had shut others out. It listed the companies as part...
Facebook and Google ‘must be paid for’
An influential tech evangelist has called at the TED 2018 conference for an overhaul of Facebook and Google’s business models. Jaron Lanier, who is often...
Facebook scandal ‘hit 87 million users’
Facebook believes the data of up to 87 million people was improperly shared with the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica – many more than previously disclosed....
Cambridge Analytica files spell out tactics
Documents shared by Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie spell out how parent company SCL Group tried to influence elections worldwide. One letter also refers to...
If I’ve got your number, so has Facebook
Suddenly lots of people are waking up and asking themselves questions about Facebook. How much data am I sharing with the social media giant? Did...
Zuckerberg spins himself some time
There are two ways to look at Mark Zuckerberg’s comments on Wednesday, his first since the Cambridge Analytica crisis unfolded. They showed either a chief...
Zuckerberg apologizes for data breaches
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that the social network “made mistakes” that led to millions of Facebook users having their data exploited by a...
Psychology academic claims Facebook, Cambridge Analytica used him
An academic who created an app which harvested data from 50 million users says he has been made “a scapegoat” for Facebook and Cambridge Analytica....