How Facebook ‘likes’ predict race, religion and sexual orientation
(CNN)It's true: Actions really do speak louder than words, even when you don't want them to.Last month, a former employee of data firm Cambridge Analytica went public with allegations that tens of millions...
Facebook data scandal also affects 2.7M EU citizens
Another data-point to flesh out the Facebook data misuse scandal: The company has informed the European Commission that a total of 2.7 million EU citizens had their information improperly shared with the...
How U.K. Is Taking on Tech Firms After Attacks: QuickTake Q&A
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May launched another assault on social media networks after seven people were killed and 48 injured in a terrorist rampage in London on June 3. May said the U.K. will...
Snapchat brings back chronological Stories feed for some
Snapchat has undone its controversial redesign’s most significant change in an update to some users today. A tab that shows Stories in reverse chronological order, replacing the redesign’s algorithmically sorted feed for many...
The real threat to Facebook is the Kool-Aid turning sour
These kinds of leaks didn’t happen when I started reporting on Facebook eight years ago. It was a tight-knit cult convinced of its mission to connect everyone, but with the discipline of a...
Facebooks New Data Restrictions Will Handcuff Even Honest Researchers
Last week, when news broke (again) that Cambridge Analytica had allegedly misused 50 million Facebook users' data, it immediately raised a difficult question: When a company possesses information about some 2 billion people, is...
