Facebook faces legal action in Britain over ‘data protection failure’
Legal action launched on behalf of one million users of social media platform
News website defends links to data firm that broke privacy laws
Gript site, which is backed by anti-abortion lobby, says AggregateIQ is helping to ‘profile’ readers
Corbyn agrees united response to block Johnson election bid
House of Lords approves Bill seeking to block no-deal by forcing PM to delay Brexit again
US moving toward major antitrust investigation of tech giants
Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google may be included in wide-ranging investigation
Stock markets nervous amid increasing geopolitical tensions
Longest US bull run in history ends as Europe stocks struggle following slump
Monetising your personal data is loaded with peril
Internet users can take back control of their data while swapping it for cash or services
Data protection commissioner was unaware of Google+ breach
Private profile data of 500,000 users may have been exposed to external developers
In a Word . . . privacy
It used to be an invitation to establish, without delay, what was being hidden
Facebook faces ‘symbolic’ £500,000 fine from UK regulator
Fine is less than 1% of company’s daily revenue in 2017
Varadkar says he sympathises with Trump on media
Taoiseach in private remarks criticises media interest in the story rather than the truth
Google owner reports sales and profits that top analysts’ estimates
Alphabet sees better pricing on ads and unrealised income from start-up investments
The myth of ‘digital natives’
It’s assumed young people have a natural affinity to tech – but many are digitally naive and far more vulnerable than we think
Investigators enter Cambridge Analytica’s London offices
Judge grants search warrant linked to claims of improper harvesting of Facebook data
Elon Musk joins #DeleteFacebook effort as Tesla and SpaceX pages vanish
Entrepreneur Elon Musk has had the official Facebook pages for his Tesla and SpaceX companies deleted
Door wide open to Cambridge Analytica-style political messaging in Ireland
Analysis: Very little regulation against data-driven campaigning techniques here
Facebook shares down for second day in succession on data scandal
Social network’s stock collapse knocks over $60bn off its market value
What is Cambridge Analytica? The firm at the centre of Facebook’s data breach
Whistleblower says millions of Facebook profiles harvested without permission
Zuckerberg told to ‘stop hiding behind Facebook page’ amid claims of huge data breach
Cambridge Analytica suspended from Facebook ‘pending further information’
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