insert_link Tech Made Simple FTC Finally makes it Official: Cambridge Analytica Deceived Facebook Users The Federal Trade Commission has officially ruled that Cambridge Analytica deceived consumers through its data-gathering practices. In July, the FTC accused the consulting company, as well as CEO Alexander Nix and app developer Aleksandr Kogan, of collecting data on tens of millions of Facebook users through a personality-testing app. The news, first revealed in 2018, upended Facebook and led to a congressional appearance by Mark Zuckerberg. The FTC previously settled […] todayDecember 11, 2019
insert_link Tech Made Simple Facebook Suspends ‘tens of thousands’ of Apps Over Improper Data Use Last week Facebook announced that it has suspended “tens of thousands” of apps as part of an ongoing investigation into improper data use on the part of third-party developers. The investigation is part of a broader effort the company embarked on last year in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal, which involved a political consulting firm purchasing data on tens of millions of Facebook users that had […] todaySeptember 25, 2019
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