Now playing Next Economy British lawmakers quiz Facebook data whistleblower The whistleblower at the heart of the Facebook privacy scandal testified on Tuesday before British lawmakers investigating digital privacy. Facebook CEO will not appear before the committee in London. 27/03/2018
Now playing Next Economy U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate Facebook over data leaks Social media giant Facebook is to be investigated by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission after details of up to 50 million users ended up in the hands of data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica. 26/03/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom Facebook launches apology campaign after data leak scandal The social network, which boasts 2.2 billion active users, has issued adverts in major UK and US newspapers apologising for their “breach of trust”. 25/03/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom UK regulators search Cambridge Analytica offices following Facebook da Britain is investigating whether Facebook, the world's largest social media network, did enough to protect data. 24/03/2018
Now playing Next Germany Facebook users day they're disappointed but unsurprised about data mi There were over two billion users before Cambridge Analytica's harvesting of data came to light. 22/03/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom Laws may have been broken in use of Facebook data during referendum Evidence given by a former Facebook operations manager points to breaches in electoral law, according to Labour MP Jo Stevens. 21/03/2018
Now playing Next world news We made mistakes over Cambridge Analytica data scandal, says Facebook 21/03/2018
Now playing Next world news Cambridge Analytica 'could not have swayed election' Academic Aleksandr Kogan, who completed work for the firm in 2014, says he is being scapegoated in the data harvesting scandal. 21/03/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom Cambridge Analytica suspends CEO in data row Cambridge Analytica has suspended its CEO, Alexander Nix, in the evolving row over the improper use of the personal information of over 50 million Facebook users. 21/03/2018
Now playing Next Europe News Cambridge Analytica fallout reaches Brussels The Facebook/ Cambridge Analytica scandal has set off a political bomb in Brussels with both the European Parliament and European Commission condemning the companies' methods, if they are confirmed. 20/03/2018
Now playing Next world news Norway’s Justice Minister quits her position over her facebook commen It's after Sylvi Listhaug caused uproar accusing the opposition of being too lenient on terrorism suspects 20/03/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom Facebook's Zuckerberg summoned to UK Parliament committee The tech giant's CEO has been summoned after the Cambridge Analytica scandal 20/03/2018
Now playing Next USA Facebook shares tumble in Cambridge Analytica data breach Facebook shares lost tens of billions of dollars in the row over the compromise of over 50 million of its accounts. Cambridge Analytica has also come under pressure over its use of a playbook of dirty political tricks. 20/03/2018
Now playing Next USA Facebook under pressure over 50 million user data breach Facebook is under pressure on both sides of the Atlantic over reports of a data breach by Cambridge Analytica that may have compromised 50 million of its users. 19/03/2018
Now playing Next world news Facebook: "One of the largest data breaches in the history of the comp Investigations have been launched in the US and UK into a data analytics firm which, it is claimed, harvested private information from more than 50 million Facebook users while developing techniques to support President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign. 18/03/2018
Now playing Next USA Facebook suspends account of Trump campaign's political data firm Cambridge Analytica has responded saying none of the acquired data had been used in the 2016 US election. 17/03/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom Far-right group Britain First banned from Facebook The far-right group shot to international attention after Donald Trump retweeted its anti-Islamic posts. Now it’s been banned from Facebook. 14/03/2018
Now playing Next France France to sue Google and Apple for 'unfair business practices' French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire says it's "unacceptable" that Google and Apple unilaterally impose prices and other contractual terms on software developers, and that this is hurting France's startups. 14/03/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom London mayor shares racist hate mail in viral video Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan reads out expletive-laden hate speech in the video, which Has so far attracted 170,000 views on Facebook. 13/03/2018
Now playing Next Austria Facebook 'sorry' after banning picture of nude figurine A picture of a nude, prehistoric figurine was banned from Facebook and called a "dangerous pornographic image". Now the social media giant has apologised. 01/03/2018