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Zuckerberg to Congress:
'My Mistake, and I'm Sorry'

Apr 9, 2018 12:32 PM CDT

Zuckerberg to Congress: 'My Mistake, and I'm Sorry'

Facebook CEO releases remarks ahead of testimony

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg gets grilled by two congressional committees this week over the company's lax protection of users' information , and the Facebook CEO has released his prepared testimony in advance. Zuckerberg will offer a mea culpa similar to the one he's been offering in recent days to various media...

Fugitive Admits Killing Mom, Best Friend

Fugitive Admits Killing Mom:
'Worst Scream I've Ever Heard'

Apr 9, 2018 8:44 AM CDT

Fugitive Admits Killing Mom: 'Worst Scream I've Ever Heard'

Multistate manhunt is on for Tennessee's Casey Lawhorn, who also confessed to killing best friend

(Newser) - A multistate manhunt for a Tennessee man is underway after he allegedly confessed via Facebook that he'd killed his mother and best friend. The New York Daily News reports Casey Lawhorn, 22 or 23, said Sunday in the now-deleted post that he used a stolen gun early that morning...

Apple's Wozniak
Dumps Facebook:
'More Negatives
Than Positives'

Apr 9, 2018 6:01 AM CDT

Apple's Wozniak Dumps Facebook: 'More Negatives Than Positives'

Apple co-founder has deactivated his account over data commotion

(Newser) - One of the biggest names in tech says he's defecting from one of tech's biggest platforms. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak told USA Today in an email Sunday he's leaving Facebook due to privacy concerns in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data-mining scandal. "Users provide every...

Facebook to Notify 87M
Affected by Data Scandal

Apr 9, 2018 2:03 AM CDT

Facebook to Notify 87M Affected by Data Scandal

Notices will go out to around 70M Americans

(Newser) - Get ready to find out if your Facebook data has been swept up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Starting Monday, the 87 million users who might have had their data shared with Cambridge Analytica will get a detailed message on their news feeds. Facebook says most of the affected users—...

Facebook Takes
Steps to Combat
Election Interference

Apr 7, 2018 3:29 PM CDT

Facebook Takes Steps to Combat Election Interference

'They will make it a lot harder for anyone to do what the Russians did'

(Newser) - Facebook on Friday announced new moves it says will help combat foreign interference in US elections, the New York Times reports. Going forward, anyone in the US buying political ads on Facebook must submit government-issued ID and a US mailing address. Facebook will later roll the new requirements out to...

Apologies Are
Not Enough,
Zuck: It's Time
to Step Down

opinion

Apr 7, 2018 12:11 PM CDT

Apologies Are Not Enough, Zuck: It's Time to Step Down

It would 'benefit the planet as a whole,' writes Felix Salmon

(Newser) - With pressure mounting on Mark Zuckerberg, he has taken responsibility for the Cambridge Analytica scandal. He has apologized . He has apparently agreed to testify before a House committee. But that's not enough for Felix Salmon: "Zuckerberg’s resignation would open up the possibility of a world-changing and reputation-enhancing...

Facebook: Cambridge Analytica May Have Had Data on 87M, Not 50M

Facebook Sharply
Increases Estimate
of People Exposed
in Latest Privacy
Scandal

Apr 4, 2018 3:33 PM CDT

Facebook Sharply Increases Estimate of People Exposed in Latest Privacy Scandal

87M users, not 50M, might have had data accessed by Cambridge Analytica

(Newser) - Facebook revealed Wednesday that tens of millions more people might have been exposed in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal than previously thought and said it will restrict the user data that outsiders can access, the AP reports. Facebook is facing its worst privacy scandal in years following allegations that Cambridge...

Next Week, a Congressional
Grilling for Mark Zuckerberg

Apr 4, 2018 8:13 AM CDT

Next Week, a Congressional Grilling for Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook CEO to testify next Wednesday in front of House committee on his site's use of user data

(Newser) - The leaders of a House oversight committee say Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the panel next Wednesday. In an announcement Wednesday, Reps. Greg Walden and Frank Pallone say the hearing will focus on Facebook's "use and protection of user data." Facebook is facing scrutiny over...

Zuckerberg to
'Frenemy' Tim
Cook: You're
'Extremely Glib'

Apr 2, 2018 5:33 AM CDT

Zuckerberg to 'Frenemy' Tim Cook: You're 'Extremely Glib'

Says Apple CEO's remarks aren't 'aligned with the truth' after he slams Facebook's 'monetized' users

(Newser) - "Has Facebook become too big to manage, and too dangerous when it fails?" muses Vox co-founder Ezra Klein in introducing an interview released Monday with Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg. And one of the topics in that chat makes Zuckerberg bristle: a recent slam by Apple CEO Tim Cook, described...

Facebook Exec: Our Actions
Worth It, Even If People Die

Mar 30, 2018 1:30 AM CDT

Facebook Exec: Our Actions Worth It, Even If People Die

He defends 'questionable' tactics in 2016 memo

(Newser) - Questionable business tactics—and even deaths—are justified if it helps Facebook achieve its mission of connecting people, a top exec argues in a memo titled "The Ugly" that has resurfaced at a very inconvenient time for the company. In the 2016 memo obtained by BuzzFeed , Andrew "Boz"...

Amazon Stock
Tumbles After
Report of Trump's
Obsession

Mar 28, 2018 12:14 PM CDT

Amazon Stock Tumbles After Report of Trump's Obsession

Sources say Trump doesn't care about Facebook

(Newser) - "He's obsessed with Amazon," a source says of President Trump. "Obsessed." While Congress deals with the fallout from Facebook's Cambridge Analytica fiasco , five sources tell Axios the president remains focused instead on another tech giant. Sources say Trump's friends, particularly in real estate,...

Facebook Takes 'First of
Many Steps' for Privacy

Mar 28, 2018 10:15 AM CDT

Facebook Takes 'First of Many Steps' for Privacy

Privacy tools overhaul is in wake of multiple controversies, and to prep for tighter EU rules

(Newser) - Facebook is giving its privacy tools a makeover as it reels from criticisms over its data practices and faces tighter European regulations in the coming months. The changes won't affect Facebook's privacy policies or the types of data it gathers on users. But the company hopes its 2....

MP: It's 'Absolutely
Astonishing' Zuckerberg
Won't Testify

Mar 27, 2018 3:42 PM CDT

MP: It's 'Absolutely Astonishing' Zuckerberg Won't Testify

Facebook founder has declined 3 invitations

(Newser) - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has declined an invitation to testify in front of Britain's parliament after a series of privacy scandals for the social media site, and one member of parliament is calling his refusal "absolutely astonishing." Damian Collins, chair of the parliamentary committee looking into fake...

FTC: Yes, We Will
Investigate Facebook

Mar 26, 2018 12:02 PM CDT

FTC: Yes, We Will Investigate Facebook

Federal Trade Commission confirms investigation into privacy practices

(Newser) - The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Facebook's privacy practices following a week of privacy scandals including whether the company engaged in "unfair acts" that cause "substantial injury" to consumers, the AP reports. Facebook's stock, which already took a big hit last week, plunged as a result....

Facebook Has Been Logging
Data on Users' Calls, Texts

Mar 26, 2018 7:11 AM CDT

Facebook Has Been Logging Data on Users' Calls, Texts

Users discovering just how much data is stored, and they're not happy

(Newser) - Facebook is getting another dose of bad headlines in regard to privacy, amid revelations that the company has been storing data about Android users' phone calls and text messages. As the Guardian notes, some users discovered this while deleting their accounts after the Cambridge Analytica mess or at least while...

Facebook Buys
Full-Page Apology Ads

Mar 26, 2018 1:49 AM CDT

Facebook Buys Full-Page Apology Ads

'I promise to do better for you,' Zuckerberg says

(Newser) - Facebook's CEO apologized for the Cambridge Analytica scandal with ads in multiple US and British newspapers Sunday, saying the social media platform doesn't deserve to hold personal information if it can't protect it. The ads signed by Mark Zuckerberg said a quiz app built by a Cambridge...

Elon Musk:
Say Bye to
My Companies
on Facebook

Mar 24, 2018 6:35 AM CDT

Elon Musk: Say Bye to My Companies on Facebook

The CEO responds to his Twitter followers

(Newser) - Elon Musk hit Twitter on Friday, fired off a few tweets, and boom—the Facebook pages for his companies SpaceX and Tesla were gone, the Verge reports. It began with WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton tweeting him, "It is time. #deletefacebook," and Musk replying, "What's Facebook?" Soon...

Creator of World Wide Web
Has Advice for Zuckerberg

the rundown

Mar 22, 2018 9:05 AM CDT

Creator of World Wide Web Has Advice for Zuckerberg

'You can fix it,' says Tim Berners-Lee

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg is promising better protection for users after the Cambridge Analytica mess , and he made a statement during a CNN interview Wednesday night that's drawing some attention. "I actually am not sure we shouldn't be regulated," he said of Facebook, adding that it's more...

Zuckerberg
Responds to
'the Cambridge
Analytica Situation'

Mar 21, 2018 4:28 PM CDT

Zuckerberg Responds to 'the Cambridge Analytica Situation'

'At the end of the day I'm responsible for what happens on our platform'

(Newser) - "We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can't then we don't deserve to serve you," Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post Wednesday, breaking his silence on what he calls "the Cambridge Analytica situation." It was the Facebook CEO'...

Facebook Made Him Rich.
Now He Says Delete the Site

Mar 21, 2018 3:20 AM CDT

Facebook Made Him Rich. Now He Says Delete the Site

Brian Acton is co-founder of WhatsApp, which Facebook bought for $19B

(Newser) - WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton made a fortune when the messaging app was acquired by Facebook for $19 billion in 2014. Now he says it's time to dump the social media site. "It is time. #deletefacebook ," Acton tweeted Tuesday as the Cambridge Analytica data-mining scandal deepened. Acton remained...

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