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Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach lawsuit ends in 11th hour settlement

Dramatic move shows Mark Zuckerberg ‘desperate to avoid being questioned over cover-up’, says Observer journalist

The Guardian - UK

Facebook parent settles suit in Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook’s corporate parent has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social network service allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s victorious presidential campaign in 2016

The Independent UK

Social Media: FB agrees to settle CA data privacy lawsuit

Meta’s Facebook has in-principle agreed to settle a lawsuit in the San Francisco federal court seeking damages for letting third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, access private data of users, a court filing showed. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Even if TikTok and other apps are collecting your data, what are the actual consequences?

By now, most of us are aware social media companies collect vast amounts of our information. By doing this, they can target us with ads and monetise our attention. The latest chapter in the data-privacy debate concerns one of the world’s most popular apps among young people – TikTok.

The Conversation

Mark Zuckerberg to face deposition over Cambridge Analytica scandal

The Meta CEO, and former COO Sheryl Sandberg will be questioned as part of a lawsuit filed on behalf of Facebook users in California

The Guardian - US

Meta Promotes Veteran Officer To Newly Formed Position Of CISO

Facebook parent Meta Platforms, Inc (NASDAQ:FB) named a VP to the newly created position of the chief information security officer, Reuters reports. Guy Rosen confirmed the appointment via a tweet. CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly asked Rosen to assume the job citing it as "another step to elevate this security work in our DNA - and…

Benzinga

Here’s the Deal review: Kellyanne Conway on Trump – with plenty of alternative facts

The former White House counselor’s memoir is tart, readable and thoroughly selective when it comes to inconvenient truths

The Guardian - US

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Immersion Accuses Meta For Alleged Infringement Of Patents For AR, VR Pursuit

Immersion Corp (NASDAQ:IMMR) has prosecuted Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) for alleged infringement of Immersion patents that cover various uses of haptic effects in connection with such AR/VR systems. The complaint alleged that Meta's augmented and virtual reality systems, including the Meta Quest 2, infringed six Immersion patents. Also Read: Washington Attorney General Indicts Meta's Mark Zuckerberg…

Benzinga

Washington Attorney General Indicts Meta's Mark Zuckerberg For Alleged Role In Cambridge Analytica Scandal

The attorney general for Washington, D.C., charged Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly participating in decision-making that led to the Cambridge Analytica data breach, the Wall Street Journal reports. The evidence shows Zuckerberg was personally involved in Facebook’s failure to protect the privacy and data of its users leading…

Benzinga

DC sues Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica privacy breach

The District of Columbia has sued Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg

The Independent UK

DC attorney general personally sues Mark Zuckerberg

‘This lawsuit is not only warranted, but necessary, and sends a message that corporate leaders, including CEOs, will be held accountable for their actions,’ says DC attorney general Karl Racine

The Independent UK

Zuckerberg sued by DC attorney general over Cambridge Analytica data scandal

Karl Racine accuses Facebook co-founder of direct knowledge of policies that allowed firm to gather data of millions of Americans

The Guardian - US

Young Trump aide helped push coup plot

Trump aide Garrett Ziegler was key conduit for Giuliani, Sidney Powell and Michael Flynn during post-election plot

Salon

Kenya’s already fragile elections now face a dangerous new enemy: big tech platforms

Media complacency has allowed for a thriving disinformation industry that threatens Kenya’s democratic discourse, says Kenyan journalist Odanga Madung

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Meet the people who’ve broken-up with social media

From misinformation to mental ill-health, the problems with social platforms are becoming an ever bigger concern for many of us. Martha Alexander meets the early adopters who think we should all just put our phones down

The New Daily

The federal election could be hit by a Cambridge Analytica-style misinformation campaign

A new report commissioned by the Department of Defence says authorities need to do more to combat digital persuasion and misinformation campaigns.

The Guardian - AU

Facebook appeal over Cambridge Analytica data rejected by Australian court as ‘divorced from reality’

Full bench of the federal court confirms earlier ruling that tech giant collects personal information in Australia

The Guardian - AU

ADF to support aged care sector as 46 Covid deaths nationally – as it happened

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