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While much of the tech media has had their eyeballs glued to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimonies to Congress over the past couple days, another social media giant has been discussing Russian election interference. Yesterday, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman published the team’s annual transparency report. Generally, the focus of this report has been to keep […]... →

While the press and public may have been denied a dramatic raise-your-right-hand moment in Congress this week, Facebook’s chief executive is still under legal obligation to tell the truth. If it feels like Zuckerberg is bending the truth, know that making a false statement to Congress might be difficult to prove given the slippery nature […]... →

Yesterday we reported that Instagram lacked data portability, knocking the app for the absence of an equivalent to Facebook’s Download Your Information too. Now an Instagram spokesperson tells me “We are building a new data portability tool. You’ll soon be able to download a copy of what you’ve shared on Instagram, including your photos, videos […]... →

What does Facebook know about you? Clearly a whole lot more than it’s comfortable letting on. Today, during testimony in front of the House Energy & Commerce committee, CEO Mark Zuckerberg was pressed by congressman Jerry McNerney on whether Facebook lets users download all their information — and he ended up appearing to contract its […]... →

The fact that Facebook probably has a profile of you whether you’re a Facebook user or not might come as a surprise to some users, though today even the company’s chief executive denied knowledge of the practice — or at least the term used to describe it. In this morning’s hearing with the House Energy […]... →

Welp. While Mark Zuckerberg gets the grilling of a lifetime on Capitol Hill, the firm at the center of all of this is losing its top (if temporary) executive. As day two of the Facebook testimony was unfolding, Cambridge Analytica sent out a brief statement from its Board of Directors, noting that acting CEO Alexander […]... →

Google is testifying once again before the congress about the Cambridge Analytica debacle and Facebook’s privacy policy in general. One representative in particular nailed down Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s position on many subjects. The U.S. Representative for California's 18th congressional district Anna Eshoo started by setting the tone. “First, I believe that our democratic institutions are undergoing a […]... →

Tenor is now going to exclusively power GIF searches in LinkedIn messaging after Google a few weeks ago, adding yet another service to its already pretty large portfolio of messaging platforms. Tenor has long positioned itself as a GIF search tool working across a number of different platforms, ranging from its own keyboard to Facebook […]... →

Chalk up a sharp political point in support for privacy legislation with actual teeth: In today’s testimony in front of the House Energy & Commerce committee, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was asked about the outcomes of a string of legal actions against the company — most of which he claimed not be aware of. One which he […]... →

Глава Facebook оказался одним из 87 млн пострадавших пользователей.... →

Mark Zuckerberg’s flimsy defense when congress asked about a lack of competition to Facebook has been to cite that the average American uses eight social apps. But that conveniently glosses over the fact that Facebook owns three of the top 10 U.S. iOS apps: #4 Instagram, #6 Messenger, and #8 Facebook according to App Annie. […]... →

In questioning before the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce today, Mark Zuckerberg said that his personal Facebook data was harvested as part of the sweep of personal data that was used by third parties like Cambridge Analytica. As part of a fiery 4 minute round of questioning, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (who represents […]... →

In questioning before the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce today, Mark Zuckerberg said that his personal Facebook data was harvested as part of the sweep of personal data that was used by third parties like Cambridge Analytica. As part of a fiery 4 minute round of questioning, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (who represents […]... →

Американцы не верят извинениям генерального директора Facebook... →

Mark Zuckerberg today begins his second day of testimony. The Facebook CEO spent more than five hours yesterday answering the questions of U.S. Senators, and will now testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. As was the case with the Senate, we expect to hear plenty about the Cambridge Analytica scandal and Russian election […]... →

Однако юзерам придется доказать, что данные используются злоумышленниками... →

Чем запомнилась прошедшая неделя, по мнению эксперта... →

Оказалось, что сенаторы не особо понимают, как Facebook работает... →

Facebook объявил о запуске новой программы, в рамках которой компания будет вознаграждать участников за выявление случаев злоупотребления данными пользователей. Выплаты будут составлять от $500 до $40 тыс. в зависимости от масштаба злоупотребления. Data Abuse Bounty Program – это первая инициатива такого рода в отрасли. «Это поможет нам найти случаи злоупотребления данными, которые не связаны с уязвимостями […] Сообщение Facebook заплатит до $40 тыс. за выявление случаев злоупотребления данными появились сн... →

10 апреля глава Facebook Марк Цукерберг выступил перед Сенатом США, чтобы дать показания по поводу массовой утечки данных пользователей и ответить на другие вопросы. На момент завершения слушаний стоимость акций компании выросла на 4,5% до $165,04. При этом состояние Цукерберга увеличилось на $2,7 млрд до $67 млрд, согласно данным Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Акции Facebook достигли максимального уровня […] Сообщение Марк Цукерберг разбогател на $2,7 млрд после слушаний в Сенате США появились сначала на Se... →