Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook Login System Being Abused by Third-Party Trackers to Exfiltrate User Data: Report

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday April 19, 2018

A research report claims that the Login With Facebook system is being used by third-party trackers to collect data.

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg, EU Official Discuss Privacy Protection

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday April 19, 2018

European Commission Vice President for the digital single market Andrus Ansip said on Wednesday he had met with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Facebook Knows a Ton About Your Health. Now It Wants to Profit From That.

Kirsten Ostherr, The Washington Post | Thursday April 19, 2018

Zuckerberg's testimony about the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal alerted users about what personal data Facebook routinely collects and shares with third-party apps.

Facebook Says Users Must Accept Targeted Ads Even Under New EU Law

Reuters | Wednesday April 18, 2018

The EU law, which takes effect next month, promises the biggest shakeup in online privacy since the birth of the Internet.

Google's Facebook Copycat Moves Put It In Privacy Hot Seat

World News | Mark Bergen, Ben Brody, Bloomberg | Tuesday April 17, 2018

No one at Google envied Mark Zuckerberg last week as he was being grilled by Congress. But for years, they certainly coveted the personal data that made Facebook Inc. a formidable digital ad player. And the strategies they set to compete have now placed Google squarely in the cross hairs of a privacy backlash against the world's largest social-medi...

This Indian-Origin Man Sued Mark Zuckerberg For "Stealing" His Idea, Got Millions In Settlement

Indians Abroad | Edited by Abhishek Chakraborty | Tuesday April 17, 2018

"You stole our idea" - the words echoed at a distance but caught his attention as he was busy drawing doodles on a note pad. He was physically there, but seemed pensive, elsewhere. His thoughts were back at his makeshift office at Harvard, where a tiny team working out of his dorm room in Kirkland House was busy writing endless pages of code. A cod...

Facebook Clarifies How It Collects Data Even When You're Logged Out

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday April 17, 2018

Facebook, embattled in a scandal over the mishandling of user data, confirmed Monday that it also collected information from people beyond their social network use.

The Gigantic Sum Facebook Pays For Mark Zuckerberg's Personal Security

World News | Jena McGregor, The Washington Post | Tuesday April 17, 2018

At the end of a critical week for Facebook, one that included more than 10 hours of testimony on Capitol Hill by CEO Mark Zuckerberg about issues such as user privacy and data security, the company disclosed what it spent on a different kind of security: Its CEO's

Exclusive: Cambridge Analytica Pitched Election Strategy To Congress, Boss Met Rahul Gandhi, Say Sources

India News | Written by Amitoj Singh | Monday April 16, 2018

Cambridge Analytica, the research firm at the heart of a massive data mining scandal, pitched a proposal last year to the Congress party, which included "data mining of Facebook posts and tweets" and "influencing voter intention" for the 2019 national election. NDTV has exclusively accessed the proposal that promised a "data driven campaign" with a...

Facebook CEO Didn't Have All the Answers for Congress

Associated Press | Monday April 16, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg often came across as one of the smartest people in the room as he jousted with US lawmakers.

Facebook Fuels Broad Privacy Debate by Tracking Non-Users

Reuters | Monday April 16, 2018

Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the world's largest social network tracks people whether they have accounts or not.

Silicon Valley Has Taken Congress' Grilling of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Personally

Elizabeth Dwoskin, The Washington Post | Saturday April 14, 2018

To Silicon Valley, the congressional criticism against Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg felt like a referendum on the industry itself.

Facebook CEO's Compensation Soars To $8.9 Million As Security Costs Jump

Business | Thomson Reuters | Saturday April 14, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's base salary was unchanged at $1, while his total voting power at Facebook rose marginally to 59.9 percent.

Zuckerberg Barely Talked About Facebook's Biggest Global Problem

Adam Taylor, The Washington Post | Friday April 13, 2018

Facebook's most vexing global problem is the misuse and abuse of the site in countries outside North America or Western Europe.

Legislators Are Missing the Point on Facebook

Cathy O'Neil, Bloomberg | Friday April 13, 2018

I'm getting increasingly baffled and disappointed by the scandal-cum-congressional-ragefest surrounding Facebook. Instead of piling on Mark Zuckerberg or worrying about who has our personal data, legislators should focus on the real issue: How our data get used.