April 10th, 2018Ahead of his hearing in front of Capitol Hill today, Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg once again issued an apology for failing to protect the data of tens of millions of Facebook users and laid emphasis on the new policies put into effect since the scandal was came to light by media outlets.
Zuckerberg also conceded that the multiple...
April 5th, 2018British data firm Cambridge Analytica may have accessed personal information of about 87 million users, according to Facebook Inc.This has come as a first official confirmation regarding possible data leak scope which was earlier predicted to be 50 million.
Mike Schroepfer, Chief Technology Officer at Facebook in his blog post...
March 27th, 2018Amid the Facebook-Analytica data leak controversy, the US Federal Trade Commission has confirmed that Facebook is under investigation into its privacy practices, amidst allegations that its connection with British company Cambridge Analytica resulted in misuse of personal data of some 50 million users.
In a related development,...
March 24th, 2018The data breach concerning social media giant Facebook and the data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica is impacting Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth. Indeed, Facebook’s founder and CEO lost more than $10 billion in wealth this week only as the shares of his company free fell by almost 14% in five days on the market share.
The loss meant that...
March 22nd, 2018Facebook has been under hot water these past few days after an investigation has been initiated against the social media website amidst reports that the world's most popular social website's user data was used to influence the 2016 US Presidential Elections result.
The news shocked the world and many individuals started a twitter...
March 22nd, 2018Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that his company made mistakes on user data protection and vowed to take steps to prevent the misuse or breach of personal data of users by developers or business partners.
The major data breach that was happened yesterday, our reports revealed that 50 million people manipulate in Donald Trumps...
March 21st, 2018Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO has been summoned before a UK parliamentary committee due to a growing discontent over data leakages related to the social media network.
The chair of the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS), Damian Collins sent the letter addressed to the American billionaire. The DCMS...
March 5th, 2018Fully committed to his philanthropy work for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), Mark Zuckerberg sold about $500 million worth of Facebook stock in the shortest month of the calendar, according to SEC filings. This rather odd move however does not come as a surprise as Zuckerberg made his intentions public in September 2017.
Mark...
February 22nd, 2018Facebook users should gear up for some stimulating news. The Facebook Inc.’s Andrew Bosworth, head of virtual and augmented reality products and hardware, announced that the social media company will make its "biggest AR/VR news" to date at the upcoming Facebook Developer (F8) Conference in May.
Under 70 days to go...
February 19th, 2018What started in a dorm room of Harvard University has totally changed the outlook of people all across the world on how they socialize. We are talking about none other than Facebook or "TheFacebook" as it was called back then!
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his college roommate and fellow Harvard University student...
December 19th, 2017Facebook Inc announced Monday that it removed nearly 3 million posts, including videos, ads and other forms of content, from its services during the first half of 2017 following complaints of counterfeiting and copyright and trademark infringement.
The worldwide data on intellectual property-related takedowns is a new disclosure for...
December 5th, 2017Facebook Inc on Monday rolled out Messenger Kids, an app that lets the world’s biggest social media company expand into a so-far untapped market of kids under 13 while also giving parents complete control over what their children see.
Facebook normally requires users to be at least 13 years old. The new app gives it a chance to win...