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Study was proposed in 2015 by Aleksander Kogan, an academic in the university's Department of Psychology who is at the center of the Facebook privacy scandal, reports The Guardian
Jason Kint, CEO of digital trade association Digital Content Next, joins CBSN to discuss Aleksandr Kogan's testimony before Parliament, and Christopher Wylie's appearance on Capitol Hill. Kint also discussed the impact the upcoming European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) could have on tech giants like Facebook and Google.
Aleksandr Kogan insists he was a victim of Facebook's own lax policies, and says Cambridge Analytica CEO fed lawmakers blatant lies
Aleksandr Kogan created the app that gave Cambridge Analytica access to millions of Facebook profiles without users' consent. Kogan testified before Parliament in the U.K. that Facebook is to blame for its lax developer policy. WIRED editor-in-chief Nick Thompson joins CBSN to discuss the latest on Facebook's privacy problems.
The data scientist who developed a Facebook app to gather data on users for Cambridge Analytica tells British lawmakers the social media giant failed to enforce its own terms of usage, and that's how he has ended up at the center of the biggest privacy scandal in social media history.
Beleaguered social media giant says it's disclosing its internal guidelines, and starting process for users to seek restoration of removed content
Kogan served as a director of Global Science Research (GSR) where he harvested data from millions of Facebook users
Mark Zuckerberg has been the one testifying before Congress, but the scientist at the heart of the biggest privacy scandal on Earth has largely stayed out of the spotlight, until now
Lesley Stahl interviews Aleksandr Kogan, who harvested data from tens of millions of unwitting Facebook users and gave it to Cambridge Analytica
An FTC settlement required Facebook to undergo audits of its privacy practices—but an audit of 2015-17 found no issues
Jason Kint, CEO of Digital Content Next, a trade organization that represents digital publishers, joins CBSN to discuss the hearings in the U.K. involving Cambridge Analytica and the privacy updates Facebook announced ahead of new data regulations by the EU. He also discussed recent survey results where Facebook users were asked about when they expected to have their data tracked.
A little-known data firm was able to build 48 million personal profiles without the users' knowledge or consent
The changes consist mainly of enabling users to review the company's existing practices
Former Cambridge Analytica employee Brittany Kaiser says the data firm submitted its own quizzes on Facebook, collecting user data without their knowledge or consent. BBC News media editor Amol Rajan breaks down the latest on tech regulation.
Suspended CEO tries to dodge testimony as lawmakers hear "many" more than 87M Facebook users' data may have been misused
The company has a new consumer service that makes it more difficult for businesses to track your internet activity
Sam Biddle, technology reporter for "The Intercept," says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was less than totally forthcoming on a number of issues during his two days of testimony on Capitol Hill. Biddle joined CBSN to talk about how he thought Zuckerberg's testimony went.
"I think we need to know a lot more before we say this is the regulation we even need," Schiff said in a conversation with CNET
"I started Facebook, I run it, and at the end of the day, I'm responsible for what happens here," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday in his opening statement before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
"When users' data is mishandled, who is responsible, and what recourse do users have? Do you bear that liability?" Rep. Paul Tonko, D-New York, asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday. "I think we're responsible for protecting people's information, for sure," Zuckerberg replied.
After two days of grilling, what seemed clear was how little Congress seems to know about Facebook, much less what to do about it
Rep. Joseph Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the relationship between people's data on the platform and advertisers. Zuckerberg was back on Capitol Hill for a second day to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, questioned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the different kinds of data collected by the social network. Zuckerberg was back on Capitol Hill for a second day to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was back on Capitol Hill for a second round of grilling from lawmakers. He testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee a day after appearing before a joint Senate panel. CNET executive editor Roger Cheng, TechRepublic senior writer Dan Patterson and Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications at Syracuse University, spoke with CBSN about the House hearing.
The Facebook CEO faced a second day of congressional grilling
