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The Latest Breaking News from Cambridge Analytica

What does Peter Thiel really want?

Everywhere but barely visible, the billionaire investor may have more clout in MAGA world than Donald Trump

Salon

High Court dumps Facebook's challenge against prosecution over Cambridge Analytica privacy breaches

Facebook had argued it was not responsible for allegedly unlawful access to Australians' personal data in 2014 and 2015, which was later used in Donald Trump's election campaign.

ABC News

High Court to decide if Facebook is liable for the possible breach of 300,000 Australians' personal data

A personality quiz on Facebook, which led to the now-infamous Cambridge Analytica data breach, will take centre stage in the High Court of Australia today.

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Protecting privacy online begins with tackling 'digital resignation'

From smart watches and meditation apps to digital assistants and social media platforms, we interact with technology daily. And some of these technologies have become an essential part of our social and professional lives.

The Conversation

Debate: The multiple paradoxes of Meta and Mark Zuckerberg

From Facebook’s psychological experiments on unwitting users in 2014 to the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018 or the Facebook files in 2021, controversies involving the company have been numerous. Despite an increased demand for transparency, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta (formerly known as Facebook), has never been too inclined…

The Conversation

Revealed: the US adviser who tried to swing Nigeria’s 2015 election

Sam Patten, an American consultant later mired in controversy, exploited emails obtained by Tal Hanan’s team

The Guardian - UK

What is Cambridge Analytica? Group manipulated Nigerian election

Previously known as SCL USA, Cambridge Analytica was a British political consulting firm that came to prominence through the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

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Dark arts of politics: how ‘Team Jorge’ and Cambridge Analytica meddled in Nigerian election

Leaked messages show failed plan to discredit Muhammadu Buhari and get Goodluck Jonathan re-elected in 2015

The Guardian - US

Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections

Unit led by Tal Hanan that boasts vast army of bots exposed by undercover reporters and leaked emails

The Guardian - UK

How undercover reporters caught ‘Team Jorge’ disinformation operatives on camera

For more than six months, undercover reporters posed as consultants working on behalf of a businessman who wanted to delay an African election

The Guardian - US

Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle user data case

Facebook’s corporate parent has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social media platform allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica

The Independent UK

Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle a privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica

The proposed settlement is a result of revelations that the information of up to 87 million people may have been improperly shared with the data analytics firm that worked for political campaigns.

WEKU

Meta agrees to pay $725 million over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running lawsuit that claimed Facebook illegally shared user data with the research firm Cambridge Analytica.

Tribune News Service

Is it ever okay for journalists to lie to get a story?

In a time of falling trust in the news media, it is vital journalists do not engage in news-gathering methods that further harm their credibility. Thanks to the rise of social media, misinformation and disinformation are rampant. Trust in news matters, so we can tell fact from fiction. Without it,…

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AAP

Facebook gets High Court nod for appeal

Facebook, now known as Meta, has been granted special leave to appeal an aspect of the Cambridge Analytica scandal in the High Court of Australia.

The Guardian - AU

Labor shows no intention of installing dedicated privacy commissioner, former senator says

Current information commissioner performing dual role as privacy head despite office’s heavy workload on high-profile cases and data breaches

The Hindu

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Facebook Agrees to Settle Cambridge Analytica Privacy suit

Facebook has reached a preliminary agreement in a long-running lawsuit seeking damages from the social network for allowing third parties, including the company Cambridge Analytica, to access users' private data. According to a document filed Friday in a San Francisco court, Facebook says it is submitting a draft "agreement in…

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The Independent UK

Facebook agrees to settle Cambridge Analytica lawsuit alleging millions of users’ data exposed

Settlement would bring closure to long-running case tied to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign

The Guardian - UK

Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach lawsuit ends in 11th hour settlement

Dramatic move shows Mark Zuckerberg ‘desperate to avoid being questioned over cover-up’, says Observer journalist

The Independent UK

Facebook parent settles suit in Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook’s corporate parent has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social network service allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s victorious presidential campaign in 2016

Dynamite News

Social Media: FB agrees to settle CA data privacy lawsuit

Meta’s Facebook has in-principle agreed to settle a lawsuit in the San Francisco federal court seeking damages for letting third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, access private data of users, a court filing showed. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Conversation

Even if TikTok and other apps are collecting your data, what are the actual consequences?

By now, most of us are aware social media companies collect vast amounts of our information. By doing this, they can target us with ads and monetise our attention. The latest chapter in the data-privacy debate concerns one of the world’s most popular apps among young people – TikTok.

The Guardian - US

Mark Zuckerberg to face deposition over Cambridge Analytica scandal

The Meta CEO, and former COO Sheryl Sandberg will be questioned as part of a lawsuit filed on behalf of Facebook users in California

Benzinga

Meta Promotes Veteran Officer To Newly Formed Position Of CISO

Facebook parent Meta Platforms, Inc (NASDAQ:FB) named a VP to the newly created position of the chief information security officer, Reuters reports. Guy Rosen confirmed the appointment via a tweet. CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly asked Rosen to assume the job citing it as "another step to elevate this security work in our DNA - and…

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