SCL, Cambridge Analytica’s predecessor, had access to secret UK information and was singled out for praise by the UK Ministry of Defence for the training it provided to a psychological operations warfare group, according to… Read More
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Why Is Trump So Quiet This Week?
It’s quiet at the White House. Is it … too quiet? Trump-watching over the last few days, since about 1 p.m. on Friday, has been a strange experience. There are things happening, and even some… Read More
Facebook logs SMS texts and calls, users find as they delete accounts
As users continue to delete their Facebook accounts in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a number are discovering that the social network holds far more data about them than they expected, including complete… Read More
Mueller Examining Trump Cambridge Analytica Ties: Report
Special counsel Robert Mueller is scrutinizing the connections between President #Donald Trump’s campaign and the data mining firm Cambridge Analytica, which has come under fierce criticism over reports that it swiped the data of more… Read More
‘Lone DNC Hacker’ Guccifer 2.0 Slipped Up and Revealed He Was a Russian Intelligence Officer
Robert Mueller’s team has taken over the investigation of Guccifer 2.0, who communicated with (and was defended by) longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone. Guccifer 2.0, the “lone hacker” who took credit for providing WikiLeaks with… Read More
Facebook gave data about 57bn friendships to academic
Before Facebook suspended Aleksandr Kogan from its platform for the data harvesting “scam” at the centre of the unfolding Cambridge Analytica scandal, the #social media company enjoyed a close enough relationship with the researcher that… Read More
Paul Ford: Facebook Is Why We Need a Digital Protection Agency
Over and over in the last 20 years we’ve watched low-cost or free internet communications platforms spring from the good intentions or social curiosity of tech folk. We’ve watched as these platforms expanded in power… Read More
The Case for Regulating the Internet
It will be fantastically satisfying to see the boy genius flayed. All the politicians—ironically, in search of a viral moment—will lash Mark Zuckerberg from across the hearing room. They will corner Facebook’s founding bro, seeking… Read More