If you are one of 2.2bn Facebook users worldwide, you have probably been alarmed by the recent coverage of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a story that began when The Guardian revealed 50m (now thought to be 87m) user
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Despite the enormous run-up in global technology stocks in the past five years – and the recent stomach-churning volatility – the market isn’t repeating the dot-com euphoria of 1999 and South African investors would
Thirty-three South African Facebook users installed the app that was used to scoop up personal information that was later shared with political marketing group Cambridge Analytica. However, 59 777 users
Revelations that data belonging to as many 87m Facebook users and their friends may have been misused has become a game changer in the world of data protection as regulators are looking to raise awareness
The term “fake news” has gained prominence in recent years thanks to US President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media during the 2016 US election. In 2017, it was one of Collins English Dictionary’s 2017 words of
The fresh disclosures about the Cambridge Analytica affair are dismaying for Facebook, and they were getting a lot of deserved attention on Wednesday. But what happened at the shadowy political consulting
Facebook spent much of Wednesday outlining ways that the privacy of its two billion users might have been compromised for years by the company’s lax data policies. The shares rallied anyway after CEO Mark
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hit back at recent remarks by Tim Cook, calling the Apple CEO’s criticism of the social media giant “extremely glib”. Cook was asked about Facebook’s privacy crisis last month and
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said it will take “a few years” to solve the issues plaguing the social media company. “I wish I could solve all these issues in three months or six months, but I just think the
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the week’s big technology stories, including EOH’s financial results. Also on the show this week, Facebook’s travails