After nearly 18 months of preliminary enquiry, the Central Bureau of Investigation has booked the United Kingdom-based Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research for alleged illegal harvesting......
British data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica is at the centre of a controversy in India, the United States and Britain after two newspapers reported on Sunday that the company harvested personal......
The government on Wednesday shot-off notices for the second time to both Cambridge Analytica and Facebook, seeking more details on the data breach issue, sources said. Taking a tough stance......
The company denies any wrongdoing, but says that the negative media coverage has left it with no clients and mounting legal fees which has forced it to resort to closure. Cambridge Analytica, the......
Cracking the whip on alleged misuse of user data on Facebook, the government on Friday issued a notice to United Kingdom-based Cambridge Analytica, asking it to give a list of clients and the......
Personal details of about 533 million Facebook users globally, including 6.1 million from India, were allegedly leaked online and posted for free on hacking forums, according to a cybersecurity......
'This is the first time there has been an attempt to use market forces to counter disinformation on social media,' notes Devangshu Datta.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The advertising......
The country's cyber security agency CERT-In has advised Facebook users to strengthen their account privacy settings after a recent global 'data scraping' incident in the social media platform......
India is Facebook’s largest market with 250 million active monthly users. Along with Google, it has a 70 per cent share in the Rs 1,000 crore domestic digital ad market. The......
The fears arise from Facebook’s handling of user data and potential privacy violations, more specifically the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Several experts believe that strict oversight......
The Social Dilemma shows how social media is turning human beings into lab rats and zombies, notes Chintan Girish Modi. IMAGE: A scene from The Social Dilemma. All photographs: Kind courtesy......
Visitors at the Commonwealth Games in Australia could have their Facebook data mined in exchange for free and fast wifi, although authorities Thursday insisted no private or personal information......