Facebook’s role in the 2016 US election grew more complicated this past weekend, when bombshell reports in The New York Times and The Guardian revealed the extent to which London-based data mining and analytics firm Cambridge Analytica misused user data from as many as 50 million Facebook users.
The data was obtained by Cambridge psychology professor Aleksandr Kogan and given to the affiliated behavior research firm Strategic Communication Laboratories in a violation of Facebook’s terms of service. The actions of the firm, which denies any wrongdoing, has kicked up a massive debate over Facebook’s failures to police its platform and its responsibility to both user privacy and the institution of democracy itself. Check back here for all the news as this story develops.
Aug 27, 2022, 1:05 AM UTCRichard Lawler
Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg won’t be deposed over the Cambridge Analytica scandal
Meta settled the case just in time
Oct 20, 2021, 4:09 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Mark Zuckerberg has been added to a DC lawsuit over the Cambridge Analytica scandal
DC attorney general says Zuckerberg was ‘personally involved’
Sep 20, 2019, 6:42 PM UTCZoe Schiffer and Nick Statt
Facebook suspends ‘tens of thousands’ of apps from 400 developers over improper data use
The company hasn’t disclosed what the apps were doing
Dec 19, 2018, 5:30 PM UTCColin Lecher
DC attorney general sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica scandal
Suit alleges lax privacy standards at Facebook
Nov 21, 2018, 6:06 PM UTCJon Porter
Facebook to appeal UK regulator’s Cambridge Analytica fine
Claims the ruling threatens ‘basic principles’ of how people share information online
Oct 25, 2018, 9:09 AM UTCJames Vincent
UK data watchdog fines Facebook maximum legal amount for Cambridge Analytica scandal
The fine is just £500,000, but regulators say it should have been ‘significantly higher’
Jul 31, 2018, 10:35 PM UTCNick Statt
Facebook shuts off access to user data for hundreds of thousands of apps
All app makers who did not submit to the company’s review process by its August 1st deadline are being cut off
Jul 10, 2018, 10:11 PM UTCCasey Newton
UK issues Facebook maximum fine over Cambridge Analytica
It’s the first financial consequence to this year’s privacy scandal
Jun 28, 2018, 6:27 PM UTCNick Statt
Maker of popular quiz apps on Facebook exposed personal data of 120 million users
NameTests quizzes contained a security flaw that exposed user data
Jun 15, 2018, 5:57 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Trump’s 2020 campaign is reportedly using former Cambridge Analytica employees to target voters
Data analysis company Data Propria, led by a former Cambridge Analytica strategist, is reportedly working on President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign.
Jun 8, 2018, 12:30 PM UTCShannon Liao
The latest Facebook and Huawei data-sharing revelation, explained
Jun 7, 2018, 7:28 PM UTCCasey Newton
Congress roasted Facebook on TV, but won’t hear any bills to regulate it
The Honest Ads Act hits a brick wall ahead of the midterms
May 22, 2018, 7:45 PM UTCCasey Newton
Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance before European Parliament yields an empty spectacle
History repeating
May 22, 2018, 12:15 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Watch Mark Zuckerberg testify before the European Parliament
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will appear before the European Parliament to answer privacy and data collection questions ahead of the GDPR rollout.
May 21, 2018, 12:37 PM UTCThuy Ong
Mark Zuckerberg’s meeting with the European Parliament will now be live-streamed
Criticism from the public, lawmakers, and members of parliament (MEPs) led to the turnaround
May 15, 2018, 11:52 PM UTCNick Statt
The Justice Department and FBI are reportedly investigating Cambridge Analytica over Facebook scandal
To find out if the firm violated American election laws
May 3, 2018, 12:18 PM UTCCasey Newton
Cambridge Analytica died because it couldn’t stop playing the victim
It’s too late to apologize
Apr 12, 2018, 10:39 PM UTCDani Deahl
Senators propose legislation to protect the privacy of users’ online data after Facebook hearing
‘I don’t want to vote to have to regulate Facebook, but by God, I will’
Apr 11, 2018, 9:05 PM UTCShannon Liao
11 weird and awkward moments from two days of Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional hearing
‘We run ads’
Apr 11, 2018, 8:39 PM UTCCasey Newton
7 takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance before the House
These members of Congress did their homework
Apr 11, 2018, 1:00 PM UTCSarah Jeong and Shannon Liao
Here’s how much Facebook donated to every lawmaker questioning Mark Zuckerberg this week
Apr 11, 2018, 12:57 PM UTCVlad Savov
Mark Zuckerberg being swarmed by cameras is the perfect metaphor for online privacy today
Dehumanizing, isn’t it?
Apr 11, 2018, 10:58 AM UTCMichael Zelenko
Watch Zuckerberg testify before Congress, day 2: start time and live stream
