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Gary Cohn: Social Media Cos Aren’t Trustworthy
Gary Cohn: Social Media Cos Aren’t Trustworthy
August 07, 2018  |  Facebook

Former Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn doesn’t trust social media companies. According to Bloomberg, Cohn believes that banks were more trustworthy in 2008 than social...

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Senator Mark Warner Drops New Policy Proposals For Regulating Tech
Senator Mark Warner Drops New Policy Proposals For Regulating Tech
July 30, 2018  |  Regulation

The team at Facebook is not having a great week, as it seems all of its recent data scandal chickens have come home to roost....

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Facebook Q2 Earnings: Users And Advertisers Lean Out
Facebook Q2 Earnings: Users And Advertisers Lean Out
July 26, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook‘s stock price plunged Wednesday (July 25) after the social media operator’s Q2 financial report showed missed targets on revenue and users, and the ongoing...

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SEC Investigates Facebook Again On Data Security
SEC Investigates Facebook Again On Data Security
July 13, 2018  |  Facebook

The Securities and Exchange Commission is once again investigating Facebook, this time looking into whether the social media giant adequately warned investors that user data...

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Five At Five: Amazon’s New Healthcare Project
Five At Five: Amazon’s New Healthcare Project
July 12, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Coverage includes the latest about Amazon’s healthcare plans and Walmart’s...

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Former Cambridge Analytica Staffers Launch Auspex International
Former Cambridge Analytica Staffers Launch Auspex International
July 12, 2018  |  Facebook

A new data analytics firm has emerged from the ashes of the former Cambridge Analytica (CA) consulting business, which filed for insolvency after the massive data...

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Facebook Hit With Fine In The UK Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Facebook Hit With Fine In The UK Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal
July 11, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook was hit with a $660,000 fine, the maximum allowed, by the British Information Commissioner’s Office over its data scandal with now-defunct political consulting firm...

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Expanded Federal Probe Sinks Facebook Shares
Expanded Federal Probe Sinks Facebook Shares
July 04, 2018  |  Facebook

Following news that the U.S. government probe into the Facebook data breach connected with Cambridge Analytica has widened, shares of the company dropped 2 percent...

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SEC, FBI Investigating Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal
SEC, FBI Investigating Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal
July 03, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook’s data scandal, in which the now defunct political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica accessed the data on 87 million users without their consent, is getting further...

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