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  • Facebook CEO, EU official discuss privacy protection

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    Chief executive officer and founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg and European Commission Vice President for the digital single market Andrus Ansip on Wednesday met and discussed issues bothering on privacy protection. The European Commission Vice President made this known on Wednesday tweeting about the meeting which also entails how to counter disinformation on the Internet,…

  • Facebook records biggest gain amidst crisis

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    Facebook shares rose sharply, registering its biggest gain in nearly two years as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg answered questions from U.S. senators on how Facebook might be regulated more closely. Facing US lawmakers on Tuesday and Wednesday, Zuckerberg repeatedly apologized for the issues that Facebook caused, from data privacy to foreign attempts to influence U.S.…

  • Data scandal: US lawmakers grill Facebook CEO to no submission

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    Facebook founder and chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg, foiled attempts by United States Senators to pin him down when he appeared before a joint Congress hearing on activities of Cambridge Analytica illegally mining users data on the social media platform. TheNewsGuru reports Zuckerberg appeared before Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees on Tuesday followed by a…

  • Apple co-founder shuts down Facebook

    Apple co-founder shuts down Facebook

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    Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak closed his Facebook account as one of the latest tech leaders who started to distance themselves from the world’s largest social media firm following its scandal involving alleged misuse of user data. Wozniak told the USA Today daily that he was taken aback by the extent of Facebook’s data collection when…

  • Facebook reveals Nigerians affected by Cambridge Analytica data scandal

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    Facebook has said 78 Nigerian users of the social media platform downloaded and installed the controversial Cambridge Analytica app that meddled with the privacy data of over 87 million of its users. The communications team of the social media platform disclosed that the 78 Nigerian Facebook users downloaded and installed the ‘This Is Your Digital…

  • Army of Facebook CEO cutouts flood Capitol lawn in mass protest

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    Ahead of Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate hearing on Tuesday, a global advocacy group, Avaaz, took an army of 100 life-sized Zuckerberg cutouts wearing ‘Fix Facebook’ t-shirts to the Capitol lawn. TheNewsGuru reports the event intends to call attention to the hundreds of millions of fake accounts still spreading disinformation on Facebook and other social platforms. The…

  • Facebook CEO, Zuckerberg apologizes ahead of Congressional quizzing

    Facebook CEO, Zuckerberg apologizes ahead of Congressional quizzing

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    Facebook Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mark Zuckerberg, on Monday told Congress the social media network should have done more to prevent itself and its members’ data from being misused and offered a broad apology to lawmakers. His conciliatory tone precedes two days of Congressional hearings where Zuckerberg is set to answer questions about Facebook user…

  • Facebook alerts users affected by Cambridge Analytica scandal

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    Facebook would start informing its users on Monday if their information “may have been’’ improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge Analytica is a consultancy suspected of improperly using the data of as many as 87 million people. In a statement, Facebook said that 70.6 million people affected were based in the U. S. Up to…

  • Privacy scandal: Facebook CEO testifies before Congress

    Privacy scandal: Facebook CEO testifies before Congress

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    Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will testify next week before congressional committees over Cambridge Analytica misuse of users’ data to interfere in the democratic process of several countries, including Nigeria. US lawmakers made this known on Wednesday saying Zuckerberg will appear before a joint hearing of the US Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees on…

  • Facebook: How to take control of your privacy

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    Amidst data privacy scandal rocking the Facebook social media platform, it becomes imperative to have certain control over how third-party apps have access to your private data. Cambridge Analytica has been accused of harvesting data of over 87 million Facebook users through the instrument of a personality quiz app, a third-party app integrated into Facebook…