Cambridge Analytica Coverage

Here’s how to get your share of Facebook’s $725M data privacy settlement

Facebook users who had an active account at any point between May 2007 and December 2022 can now apply to receive a piece of parent company Meta’s $725 million settlement related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Report: Meta to pay $725M to settle suit linked to Cambridge Analytica scandal

Meta, the corporate parent of Facebook, has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class action lawsuit linked to the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, CNBC reports.

What did Zuckerberg know about Cambridge Analytics - and when did he know it? Deposition says ...

Mark Zuckerberg's remarks in the deposition offer the clearest picture yet of what Zuckerberg knew about Cambridge Analytica, and when. The timeline of events has previously been scrutinized intensely by US lawmakers, state attorneys general and investors who have sued Facebook, now known as Meta, for allegedly breaching its fiduciary duties in connection with the data leak incident.

Facebook parent Meta reaches tentative settlement in Cambridge Analytica data suit

Facebook's corporate parent has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit alleging the world's largest social network service allowed millions of its users' personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump's victorious presidential campaign in 2016.

Lawsuit filed against Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, alleges misled the public

The Washington, D.C. Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook parent company Meta.

Whistleblower in Facebook data scandal to publish book Oct. 8

The whistleblower at Cambridge Analytica, the data-mining firm linked to using social media for targeted political ads, has a book deal.

Rift widens between Facebook, other tech firms and Democratic Allies

Democrats face a painful reckoning with longtime friends in the tech industry such as Facebook, relationships girded by mutual interest in issues like immigration and cemented with millions of dollars in campaign contributions.

Facebook reports it failed to police how its partners handled user data

Facebook failed to closely monitor device-makers after granting them access to the personal data of hundreds of millions of people, according to a previously unreported disclosure to Congress last month.

Facebook heavily fined by the UK for Cambridge Analytica scandal

The Information Commissioner's Office has upheld a £500,000 fine against Facebook issued in July.

Facebook heavily fined by the UK for Cambridge Analytica scandal

The Information Commissioner's Office has upheld a £500,000 fine against Facebook issued in July.

UK watchdog fines Facebook max amount over Cambridge Analytica scandal

British regulators on Thursday slapped Facebook with a fine of 500,000 pounds ($644,000) — the maximum possible — for failing to protect the privacy of its users in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Sources, records show Cambridge Analytica employees in NC

"If anything improper was done by the vendor Cambridge Analytica during the course of the election, it was done without the campaign's knowledge or consent," Tillis campaign says.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter, & Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

Facebook introduces central page for privacy and security settings

Facebook said it will roll out a centralized system for its users to control their privacy and security settings in response to an outcry over the way it has handled personal data.

SHEERA FRENKEL, New York Times

Bolton's super-PAC, Cambridge Analytica teamed up on pro-Tillis ads in 2014

New National Security Adviser John Bolton's super-PAC worked with British data mining firm Cambridge Analytica on targeted ads supporting Republican Thom Tillis in his 2014 U.S. Senate campaign.

Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

Tillis campaign: Non-Americans worked for state party, not campaign

A new report from NBC claims foreign nationals employed by Cambridge Analytica worked on the ground in North Carolina for the 2014 U.S. Senate campaign of Thom Tillis. The Tillis campaign says the report is untrue.

Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

Do periodic privacy checks to limit what Facebook sees

The Facebook data breach involving data mining firm Cambridge Analytica has many wondering: Is my Facebook page safe? Cyber security expert Giovanni Masucci has suggestions.

Users deserting Facebook in wake of missteps

Debates over privacy have plagued Facebook for years.

TIFFANY HSU, New York Times

Zuckerberg vows action to bolster Facebook's data privacy

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, said Wednesday that he was taking action to prevent users' data on the social network from being harvested, and laid out several steps the company was taking to address the issue.

SHEERA FRENKEL and KEVIN ROOSE, New York Times

Tillis: 'Deeply disturbing' if company accused of misusing Facebook data misled campaign

"My expectation is that all services provided to my campaign are lawful," North Carolina Republican says in statement.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Trump-linked political data firm offered to entrap politicians

Sitting in a hotel bar, Alexander Nix, who runs the political data firm Cambridge Analytica, had a few ideas for a prospective client looking for help in a foreign election. The firm could send an attractive woman to seduce a rival candidate and secretly videotape the encounter, Nix said, or send someone posing as a wealthy land developer to pass a bribe.

MATTHEW ROSENBERG, New York Times