Facebook faces UK fine of around $660,000 after data scandal found to be illegal

Facebook will be fined £500,000 ($662,900) in the U.K. after the country’s privacy watchdog said its data sharing scandal broke the law.  The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is hitting the social network with the maximum possible fine it can impose, for two breaches of the U.K.’s Data Protection Act.  Facebook failed to safeguard people’s information, … Read more

Facebook faces UK fine of around $660,000 after data scandal found to be illegal

Facebook will be fined £500,000 ($662,900) in the U.K. after the country’s privacy watchdog said its data sharing scandal broke the law.  The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is hitting the social network with the maximum possible fine it can impose, for two breaches of the U.K.’s Data Protection Act.  Facebook failed to safeguard people’s information, … Read more

See Why Mark Zuckerberg can’t change Facebook

Last year I spent a day up close at Facebook’s headquarters, speaking to a handful of executives and spokesmen from different parts of the company.  Two things struck me there. The first was the sheer level of construction at the company’s sprawling campus, where new buildings are going up as fast as Facebook’s contractors can … Read more

Facebook’s CEO Gets an Earful From the E.U.

European lawmakers barraged Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, on Tuesday with a litany of questions about his company’s global power, its role in elections and its misuse of user data.  One even raised the prospect of breaking up the social media giant. But the meeting in Brussels ended with members of the European Parliament complaining … Read more

Facebook’s CEO Gets an Earful From the E.U.

European lawmakers barraged Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, on Tuesday with a litany of questions about his company’s global power, its role in elections and its misuse of user data.  One even raised the prospect of breaking up the social media giant. But the meeting in Brussels ended with members of the European Parliament complaining … Read more