Cambridge Analytica
US Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action against Meta
The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors' lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. The justices heard arguments in November in Meta's bid to shut down the lawsuit. On Friday, they decided that they were wrong to take up the case in the first place. The high court dismissed the company's appeal, leaving in place an appellate ruling allowing the case to go forward. Investors allege that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump's first successful Republican presidential campaign in 2016. Inadequacy of the disclosures led to two significant price drops in the price of the company's shares in 2018, after the public learned about the extent of the privacy scandal, the investors say. Meta already has paid a USD 5.1 billion fine and reached
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Mark Zuckerberg sued in US over Cambridge Analytica data scam: Report
Cambridge Analytica was hired by then-candidate Donald Trump during his 2016 campaign against Hillary Clinton
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FB paid billions extra to spare Zuckerberg in Cambridge Analytica probe
In suits made public Tuesday, two groups of shareholders claimed that members of Facebook's board allowed the company to overpay on its fine in order to protect Zuckerberg
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Infamous for manipulating polls, Cambridge Analytica is a non-entity today
On Friday, CBI registered a criminal conspiracy case against Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research for illegally harvesting personal data of Facebook users in India
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CBI books Cambridge Analytica, Global Science over illegal data harvesting
Facebook reported the leak of personal data of nearly 562.000 Indians users by the UK data firm
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CBI registers case against Cambridge Analytica for illegal data harvesting
Facebook had collected certificates from both the firms in 2016-17 that data collected by them using "thisisyourdigitallife" was accounted for and destroyed
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Facebook must disclose app records for Massachusetts probe, judge rules
Cambridge's clients had included U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign
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Cambridge Analytica whistleblower offers the seamy side of social media
The question that remains, however, is this: Is the state a trustworthy regulator?
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BJP 'lying factory' back to spinning fake news about Congress: Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi accuses BJP of making the real news 'vanish' by accusing Congress of working with the controversial firm charged with stealing data from Facebook
How Cambridge Analytica profiled voters and what it means for India
Voter psychological profiles were built to determine political enthusiasm, political orientation, frequency in voting and consistency in voting for the same political party
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Google's micro-targeting ban a moral panic, won't improve political ads
There's still no proof that micro-targeting is more effective than other forms of advertising
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WhatsApp snooping: Castro stresses need for good cybersecurity policies
He says the government needs to come up with good policies to encourage digital literacy and collaborate with research institutes to identify various vulnerabilities
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Facebook records 29% rise in revenue as user base continues to grow
The social networking giant reported net income of $6.09 billion -- compared with $5.14 billion in the year-ago period
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400 million Facebook users' phone numbers exposed in privacy lapse: reports
Exposed server stored 419 million records on Facebook users across several databases.
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Facebook's tool will allow users to see which apps, websites tracked them
The introduction of the new tool is Facebook's latest response to criticism over how it safeguards users' privacy
The social trigger
Social media and tech firms revolutionised the way people communicate
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US trade commission sues Cambridge Analytica for duping Facebook users
Cambridge Analytica (CA) is accused of acquiring data from up to 87 million Facebook profiles for use in political campaigns around the world
Trump-linked Cambridge Analytica pleads guilty to refusing US data request
It was fined 15,000 pounds ($19,100, 16,700 euros) and required to pay around 6,000 pounds in court costs
CBI starts 'Preliminary Enquiry' in Cambridge Analytica data breach case
PE against two firms -- Cambridge Analytica NY and GSR -- has been registered to probe the Facebook data breach case, said source
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CBI examining govt reference to probe Cambridge Analytica data scandal
The move comes after Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad recently informed Parliament that the government had referred the scandal to the CBI
