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CBI files case against Cambridge Analytica for Facebook data theft

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......

FB data breach: CBI begins probe against Cambridge Analytica, GSR

The Central Bureau of Investigation has initiated a preliminary enquiry against Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research for alleged illegal personal data harvesting of Indians from......

Facebook data breach: Govt issues notice to Cambridge Analytica

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......

Cambridge Analytica, firm linked to FB data breach, shuts down

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......

Twitter also sold data to Cambridge Analytica researcher, says report

After Facebook, another major social media outlet Twitter has now been caught up in the data scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, the British political consulting firm which collected the data......

Another data theft; personal details of 533 mn Facebook users leaked

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......

Cyber agency asks FB users to change profile settings to 'private'

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......

Why advertisers are boycotting Facebook

'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......

Facebook data leak leaves Indian digital advertisers jittery

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......

Being evil pays. Does it pay enough?

Construction companies will make money building detention centres.IT companies will make money on the enumeration of the CAA, NRC, NPR, notes Devangshu Datta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

When did vying for attention become so evil?

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......

Facebook data concern at Commonwealth Games

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......

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