Hanna Kozlowska

Facebook will introduce an “unsend” button in Messenger, which would let a user erase an unwanted message from their recipient’s inbox, as well as their own, TechCrunch reported April 6. The development immediately follows backlash against the company that it deleted messages its CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent in the past to people with whom he was communicating on Messenger.

Cambridge Analytica, the shadowy data firm at the center of the largest online privacy scandal in years, obtained data on up to 87 million Facebook users in order to “microtarget” political advertisements. Using precise information on the consumer—or in this case, voter—Facebook lets advertisers find the perfect audience, the optimal set of eyes for their message.

Despite scandal after scandal befalling Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg thinks he should still be in charge of the company he started in his Harvard dorm room 14 years ago.

Up to 87 million Facebook users’ personal data may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica—nearly 40 million more users than previously reported.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is officially scheduled to testify before the US Congress next week. He’ll face two Senate committees in a joint hearing on April 10, and a House committee on April 11.

As part of its ongoing battle to fight fake news on its platform, Facebook rolled out several features April 3 that are intended to better inform users about the content they see in their News Feed. But, as with some of the company’s other recent efforts to curb the dissemination of false information, it falls short.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the platform took down 270 accounts and pages that originated from the Internet Research Agency, the Russian “troll factory” that is said to be responsible for interfering in foreign elections, including the 2016 presidential vote in the United States. This time, their meddling was directed Russian citizens.

Mark Zuckerberg seems to think Facebook needs its own Supreme Court.

Returning a recent spate of critiques of Facebook made by Apple CEO Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg said Cook’s argument was “extremely glib” and “not aligned with the truth,” and took a dig at Apple’s high prices.

Facebook announced today (March 28) that is redesigning its privacy controls to make it easier for users to access, alter, and erase the data the social network has stored about them. “Most of these updates have been in the works for some time, but the events of the past several days underscore their importance,” the company said in a statement.

Facing pressure from lawmakers, users, advertisers, and investors following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly agreed to make an unprecedented appearance before the US Congress to explain the mess his company has caused.

Mozilla is really taking advantage of Facebook’s latest troubles. First, in a splashy PR move, the company behind the Firefox internet browser pulled its advertising from Facebook. Now it’s also offering its users a way to bypass the social network’s controversial data collection practices.

The US Federal Trade Commission has confirmed that it is investigating Facebook over its privacy practices, following recent revelations that data firm Cambridge Analytica harvested and exploited tens of millions of users’ data without their permission. Facebook’s stock renewed its downward slide, bringing the company’s total loss of market value to around $90 billion since the scandal broke 10 days ago.

Following a weekend that saw hundreds of thousands of people protesting for tighter gun laws in the United States, one of the country’s oldest gun manufacturers has filed for bankruptcy.

Former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon claims he came up with the name “Cambridge Analytica” for the data firm at the center of the largest scandal at the intersection of politics and business in recent years. During a Financial Times conference on Thursday, Bannon, who co-founded the company, called it “a stroke of genius.” But a 43-year-old Oxford-based consulting firm with big name corporations and governments as clients would beg to differ.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said yesterday that the company welcomes more regulation, particularly to bring transparency to political advertising online. But in recent months, Facebook has been quietly fighting lawmakers to keep them from passing an act that does exactly that, campaign transparency advocates and Congressional staff tell Quartz.

After days of silence on the Cambridge Analytica scandal that has rocked his company, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg weighed in March 21—with a lengthy Facebook post. He did not explicitly apologize for jeopardizing the data of 50 million Facebook users, instead saying that the company has long since taken the most important steps necessary to prevent another such debacle.

Facebook, like any big company, would rather avoid government regulation. But the revelation that it allowed Cambridge Analytica to harvest the data of 50 million Facebook users without their permission means that calls for greater regulation may be at a tipping point.

It’s unclear how much influence Cambridge Analytica, a firm that consulted for the Trump campaign, had on the 2016 presidential election, but, in a private sales pitch, the firm took all the credit. It also hinted at campaign machinations that are illegal under US law.

When Facebook announced Monday that it had hired a digital forensics company to conduct an audit of Cambridge Analytica, the consultant that harvested the data of 50 million people without their permission, Facebook appeared to once again distance itself from the UK company.

Facebook security chief Alex Stamos is reportedly leaving the company after clashing with other members of its leadership over whether Facebook should be more proactive in handling its role in disseminating falsehoods.

It’s been a rough couple of days for Cambridge Analytica.

Following revelations that Trump consultant Cambridge Analytica collected and exploited the data of tens of millions of Facebook users without their permission, the company took a massive hit, losing about $40 billion in market value on Monday morning.

Facebook’s stock price was down by more than 7% March 19, following a weekend of backlash against the company, after it was revealed that Trump campaign consultant Cambridge Analytica harvested the data of up to 50 million Facebook users without their permission.