The Cambridge Analytica Facebook scandal
A Trump campaign–connected firm harvested personal data from tens of millions of Facebook users, bringing up big questions about cybersecurity, big data, and privacy. Catch up on the controversy.
“We will dig through this hole, but it will take a few years.”
It’s not just about privacy; its core function makes people lonely and sad.
What does it mean for a third party to access my data? Can I do anything to stop it?
“We will dig through this hole, but it will take a few years.”
It’s not just about privacy; its core function makes people lonely and sad.
What does it mean for a third party to access my data? Can I do anything to stop it?
Everything in The Cambridge Analytica Facebook scandal
A visual of how it all fits together. They’re now shutting down.
An expert makes the case for regulating big tech companies.
As Mark Zuckerberg appears before Congress, a look at what lawmakers can and can’t do about Facebook.
There’s no good evidence yet that personality profiling can influence elections.
Facebook expected its user data to be harvested. It just didn’t expect Cambridge Analytica to do it millions of times.
Banks have a lot of regulatory oversight. The tech industry doesn’t.