30,000 quit Facebook in protest
A group protesting Facebook's privacy policies said Monday more than 30,000 people had heeded its call to quit the social networking giant.
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Facebook adjusts privacy controls after complaints
(AP) -- In Facebook's vision of the Web, you would no longer be alone and anonymous. Sites would reflect your tastes and interests - as you expressed them on the social network - and you wouldn't have to fish around for ...
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May 26, 2010
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Facebook knows too much, ACLU says in warning of quizzes
Privacy advocates have long warned that users of Facebook and other social networks who seek amusement from quizzes like "What Simpsons Character Are You?" might be mortified by the way creators of such applications can access ...
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Aug 27, 2009
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What can you do to protect your data on Facebook?
Facebook has shared users' private messages, contact information and other personal data with companies such as Microsoft and Spotify, according to a New York Times report that was alarming even in light of previous disclosures ...
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Dec 20, 2018
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Telegram says to cooperate in terror probes, except in Russia
The Telegram encrypted messenger app said Tuesday said it would cooperate with investigators in terror probes when ordered by courts, except in Russia where it is locked in an ongoing battle with authorities.
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Aug 28, 2018
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Cambridge Analytica used our secrets for profit – the same data could be used for public good
Ever since it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica had taken data from 87m users via a Facebook app that exploited the social media site's privacy settings, it has been suggested that anything from Donald Trump's election ...
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Jul 5, 2018
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Why you should talk to your children about Cambridge Analytica
Former Cambridge Analytica employee Christopher Wylie blew the whistle last month. He revealed the data analytics agency harvested Facebook data from more than 50 million individual profiles, matched these with electoral ...
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Apr 19, 2018
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How much are your online data really worth?
By now Facebook users seem to finally get that they may not get charged anything for using the social networking service but it sure isn't free, not after being subjected to ad after spookily tailored ad.
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Apr 12, 2018
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Facebook: Most users may have had public data 'scraped'
Facebook's acknowledgement that most of its 2.2 billion members have probably had their personal data scraped by "malicious actors" is the latest example of the social network's failure to protect its users' data.
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Apr 6, 2018
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Promises, promises: Facebook's history with privacy
"We've made a bunch of mistakes." ''Everyone needs complete control over who they share with at all times." ''Not one day goes by when I don't think about what it means for us to be the stewards of this community and their ...
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