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TikTok Kids Didn’t Sabotage Trump’s Campaign Rally — His Own Team Did
Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale should have known the rally reservations were fake — but he tweeted about them anyway.
Surveillance Firm Banjo Used a Secret Company and Fake Apps to Scrape Social Media
One former employee said the secret company called Pink Unicorn Labs was doing the same thing as Cambridge Analytica, "but more nefariously, arguably."
Instagram Launches Bug Bounty for Apps that Steal User Data
On Wednesday, Facebook expanded beyond its bounties for third party apps stealing user data to also apply to Instagram.
Facebook Just Paid a $5 Billion Fine for Privacy Breaches. Now it Wants Access to Your Brain.
Facebook is building a headset that can monitor, read and translate your brainwaves and allow users to type just by thinking.
Netflix's 'The Great Hack' Misses The Big Picture
The real ‘hack’ isn’t Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, or the 2016 election. It’s the system that made our data tragedies inevitable.
Facebook Misled Journalists About How Bad the Cambridge Analytica Scandal Was
Misleading the press was part of Facebook's coverup of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, according to the SEC.
The True Story of How Your Data Was Stolen to Fix Elections
VICE speaks to the directors of 'The Great Hack', a new Netflix documentary about the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Senators Want to Put a Price Tag on Your Data to Protect You Against Big Tech
The proposed bill would give users a peek under the hood. And tech critics say that could be a crucial step toward holding Silicon Valley giants accountable.
Facebook Quietly Changes Search Tool Used by Investigators, Abused By Companies
Facebook’s Graph Search allowed anyone to search a wealth of public data on Facebook in very specific ways, such as searching content for keywords in a particular point in time.
Facebook Broke Canadian Privacy Law, Federal Watchdog Finds
“They told us outright they do not agree with our legal findings,” Canada's privacy commissioner said of Facebook.
Facebook apparently forgot it was collecting new users’ email contacts
For three years, 1.5 million new users had their contacts uploaded to Facebook’s servers without their knowledge or consent.
Senators Introduce Bill That Would Ban Websites From Using Manipulative Consent Forms
Platforms have a problem with informed consent. A new Senate bill might change that.