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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 344

Cambridge Analytica

In this file photo taken on October 28, 2021, people visit a newly unveiled logo for 'Meta,' the new name for Facebook's parent company, outside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California. (NOAH BERGER/AFP)
December 23, 2022, 7:24 pm
Meta inks $725 million settlement over claim it okayed 3rd party access to user data
Plaintiffs’ lawyers say sum to be paid by social media firm is ‘largest recovery ever achieved’ in a class action suit over data privacy
By AFP
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Georgetown University in Washington on Oct. 17, 2019. (AP/Nick Wass)
August 28, 2022, 10:38 am
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica settle after 2016 privacy breach
Social media giant was hit with class action suit for providing access to personal data of 87 million users in lead-up to 2016 US election
By AFP
Residents show their support for President Donald Trump before a campaign rally appearance by Vice President Mike Pence, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in The Villages, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
October 12, 2020, 6:28 am
US election campaigns use new methods to sidestep Cambridge Analytica crackdown
Facebook barred apps which scraped data on users and their contacts after revelations about the now-defunct British consulting group, but that hasn’t deterred many
By Rob Lever
Illustrative: A man passes a Facebook screen at the Gamescom gathering in Cologne, Germany, August 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
December 20, 2019, 4:33 am
Facebook says investigating data exposure of 267 million users
Database of user names and phone numbers made available for download last week on online hacker forum apparently run by crime group
By AFP
In this file photo from April 11, 2018, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
July 24, 2019, 7:04 pm
US federal regulators fine Facebook $5b, order limited oversight on privacy
Social media giant to pay out for undermining privacy concerns of users and allowing sharing of their data; Zuckerberg held only partially responsible
By Marcy Gordon and Barbara Ortutay
Illustrative: Engineers from the Israeli company "Commun.it" use their expertise in social media commercial analysis to identify networks of fake users, at their offices in the city of Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv on January 23, 2019 (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
February 8, 2019, 12:35 pm
Foreign social media bots spreading fake news about Netanyahu’s rivals — report
Company says non-Israeli sources are amplifying negative false info about Gantz and Sa’ar, and commenting favorably about PM
By ToI Staff
Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg, arrives to meet France's President Emmanuel Macron after the "Tech for Good" Summit at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (AP/Francois Mori)
November 25, 2018, 4:41 am
UK lawmakers seize secret Facebook docs from racy app maker suing Zuckerberg
Unable to get answers about Cambridge Analytica scandal from social media giant, MP orders documents from founder of Six4Three, which used data breach to trawl for bikini pics
By ToI Staff
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. (CC BY-SA 2.0/Scanlan/Wikimedia Commons)
November 16, 2018, 9:16 pm
Facebook’s COO vows ‘thorough’ review of reported lobby efforts targeting Soros
Sheryl Sandberg says she was unaware of company’s work with Republican opposition research group, finds anti-Semitic conspiracy theories against Jewish financier ‘abhorrent’
By AFP
Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a US House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing about Facebook on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 11, 2018. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
November 16, 2018, 5:22 am
Facebook aims to quell new storm over efforts to target Soros
Zuckerberg says he was unaware of campaign run for social media giant by Definers Public Affairs, as company denies attack was anti-Semitic
By AFP
In this April 12, 2016, photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about the company's 10-year roadmap during the keynote address at the F8 Facebook Developer Conference in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
October 25, 2018, 5:34 pm
UK watchdog fines Facebook over data breach in Cambridge Analytica scandal
$644,000 penalty comes after British regulators find that between 2007 and 2014, social media giant processed personal info of users without informed consent
By DANICA KIRKA
An illustrative picture taken on April 28, 2018 shows the logo of social network Facebook displayed on a screen and reflected on a tablet in Paris. (AFP/Lionel Bonaventure)
September 28, 2018, 11:40 am
Facebook admits phone numbers given by users for security handed to advertisers
Social media giant also acknowledges mining contact lists on WhatsApp, Messenger for personal information even when users set maximum privacy
By AFP
In this file photo dated August 21, 2018, a Facebook start page is shown on a smartphone in Surfside, Florida, USA. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, FILE)
August 24, 2018, 12:00 am
Facebook pulls its Israeli-made security app over privacy concerns
Social media site embroiled in Cambridge Analytica scandal also bans a quiz app over inspection refusal, worries of data leak
By ToI Staff and AP
Black Cube's internet homepage (screenshot)
August 23, 2018, 11:06 am
Cambridge Analytica-linked businessman helped start Black Cube, lawsuit claims
Vincent Tchenguiz also helped controversial ‘private intel agency’ apply for Israeli government grant for developing dual-use technologies; Economy Ministry won’t say if it got one
By ToI Staff
In this March 29, 2018, photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
July 11, 2018, 9:36 am
Facebook slapped with fine over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal
UK government rules that social media giant will pay 500,000 pounds, a sum Facebook generates every 7 minutes
By AP
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, theFacebook's developer conference, May 1, 2018, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
July 3, 2018, 6:22 am
Federal agencies probe Facebook’s sharing of data with Cambridge Analytica
FBI, Securities and Exchange Commission and Justice Department investigating what the social media giant knew in 2015; Facebook says it is cooperating with inquiry
By AP
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