Cambridge analytica
Aussie watchdog sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica breach
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said it had initiated proceedings against the tech giant and that Facebook committed 'serious and/or...
The suspended apps are associated with about 400 developers, Facebook said, adding that it is not necessarily an indication that these apps were posing a threat to users.
Graphic looking at controversies involving Facebook, plus share price since 2014.
The committee collected data from social media companies that was used by the private analysts in their analysis.
Zuckerberg also defended his company against the broader wave of flak it has taken this year.
Tim Cook said he expected the United States (US) Congress would take up the matter.
The Cambridge Analytica scandal exposed the role that personal data plays both for marketers and political groups in the internet age.
Facebook said chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg and chief operating sfficer Sheryl Sandberg were closely involved in the hiring process, and started talking to Clegg over the summer.
For every dollar spent by an advertiser, about half may go to ad tech groups, according to industry estimates.
Facebook has increasingly become a focus of the media committee’s inquiry into ‘fake news’.
The company further warned that the toll would not be offset by revenue growth from emerging markets and Facebook’s Instagram app, which has been more immune from privacy concerns.
Cambridge Analytica said it deleted the data when asked and did not use it in Donald Trump’s campaign.
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The social media company said Huawei, computer maker Lenovo Group, and smartphone makers OPPO and TCL Corp were among about 60 companies worldwide that received access to some user data.
The meeting comes three days before tough new European Union rules on data protection take effect.
The investigations stem from allegations made by Oracle Corp into the impact that Google and Facebook have on the advertising market.
The apps were suspended pending an investigation into whether they did in fact misuse any data.
Zuckerberg said in January there was too much “sensationalism, misinformation and polarisation” in the world, and social media was making the problem worse.
Data privacy activists say that it sets a precedent that would enable millions of other US voters to request information that the company had collected on them.