Why didn’t Facebook do a full accounting after March of all its partnership arrangements that hooked outside companies into Facebook data? It cannot seem to clean up its own mess.
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Facebook shares dropped following a New York Times report that the social media company allowed more than 150 companies access to more users’ personal data than it had disclosed.
Russia’s propaganda operations during the 2016 US presidential election were broader than previously thought, but they don’t provide proof the influence campaign was as effective as the Kremlin may have hoped.
Facebook has discovered a bug which may have affected up to 6.8 million people and given third-party apps wider access to user photos on the social network.
Former President Jacob Zuma has joined Twitter, posting a video on the social media platform explaining his reasons for doing so.
Facebook has played down the importance of a patent application linked to technology that could predict a user’s future location.
Facebook could be a threat to democracy unless it is properly regulated, a former head of GCHQ has warned.
Facebook has said the cache of documents published about its business tells “only one side of the story”.
Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg told employees to investigate financial dealings by George Soros, the billionaire who criticised the company at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January.
Facebook considered selling user data to developers despite previous pledges not to do so, it has been claimed.