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APRIL 6, 2018

The groups contend the technology violates the privacy of the social media platform’s users, Reuters reported. In 2011, EPIC lodged complaints against Facebook, and the social media platform ended up settling those charges related to privacy with the FTC. As those claims circulated, U.S.

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APRIL 4, 2018

Following estimates from two newspapers that the Facebook data of more than 50 million users may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica , the social media platform said that figure could be higher. legislators asked Mark Zuckerberg to testify about Cambridge Analytica’s alleged misuse of the social media platform’s data.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

The social media platform doesn’t plan to share the information with other parties or use the data to target ads to its users. “We We don’t use purchase data from banks or credit card companies for ads,” Elisabeth Diana, head of global corporate communications for Facebook, told the WSJ. As those claims circulated, U.S.

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MARCH 22, 2019

When Congressman Mike Doyle asked Mark Zuckerberg if the company was aware of Cambridge Analytica’s use of data on the social media platform because of a Guardian article from December 2015, however, the executive reportedly replied with a “yes” in April 2018. And the company “repeated the same line to the U.K.’s

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APRIL 4, 2018

The social media company said it would either be sending Mike Schroepfer, chief technology officer, or Chris Cox, chief product officer, both of which Facebook said would be “well-placed” to answer questions on the matter. Last month, Zuckerberg declined to testify before the British Parliament. lawmakers in person.

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JUNE 1, 2018

As far as Cambridge Analytica is concerned, the firm has made some pretty big claims — namely, that it can take raw personality data from a subset of voters and develop complex models of individuals, which campaigns can then use to target and micro-target voter communities to help move elections their way. As those claims circulated, U.S.

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MARCH 26, 2018

President Donald Trump, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an investigation into the social media platform’s privacy practices, the agency said in a statement. As news swirls that Cambridge Analytica may have improperly collected user data from Facebook that was reportedly used to help elect U.S.

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MARCH 23, 2018

As far as Cambridge Analytica is concerned, the firm has made some pretty big claims — namely, that it can take raw personality data from a subset of voters and develop complex models of individuals, which campaigns can then use to target and micro-target voter communities to move elections their way.

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MARCH 23, 2018

Facebook’s reputation-killer is not a nobleman in drag, but instead a digital strategic communications firm specializing in politics and elections called Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge Analytica.

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