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• Non-users in the spotlight as Facebook privacy concern grows

  Concern about Facebook’s respect for data privacy is widening to include the information it collects about non-users.

• Facebook CEO claims own data was shared by Cambridge Analytica

  Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers he was among the 87 million Facebook users whose data was improperly shared with a political consultancy.

• Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg deflects questions on regulation

  Facebook shares posted their biggest daily gain in nearly two years on Tuesday as Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg fended off questions from U.S. senators on how the world's largest social network might be regulated more closely.

• Why the Cambridge Analytica scandal was actually a good thing for Facebook users

  ​The recent Cambridge Analytica scandal has resulted in a global uproar, with Facebook users furiously deleting their accounts en masse in a collective ‘up yours’ to the platform’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg.

• Facebook's Zuckerberg says sorry

  ​Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg swapped his trademark T-shirt and jeans for a dark suit and a purple tie as he met U.S. lawmakers to apologise for the social network's misuse of its members' data and to head off possible regulation.

• Privacy Commissioner launches investigation into Facebook

  Australia’s privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into Facebook after it was revealed that information about more than 300,000 users of the social media network here may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica.

• Facebook privacy scandal widens as data leak hits 87 million users

  Facebook said on Wednesday that the personal information of up to 87 million users, mostly in the United States, may have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, up from a previous news media estimate of more than 50 million.

• How Facebook will prevent future Cambridge Analytica scandals: Rein in third-party apps

  Facebook outlines nine ways it will restrict your information to third-party developers. Only one—explicitly showing you what apps use your Facebook data, and how to turn them off—will have any immediate impact.

• Facebook scandal reveals urgent need for greater data transparency, trust and ethics

  Along with the wildfire of outrage we’ve seen in recent days, the Cambridge Analytica Facebook scandal has revealed a deep and disturbing shortfall in consumers’ understanding of data use.

• Twitter to ban cryptocurrency ads

  Twitter Inc will start banning cryptocurrency advertising from Tuesday, joining Facebook and Google in a clampdown that seeks to avoid giving publicity to potential fraud or large investor losses.

• Mark Zuckerberg admits Facebook has made mistakes

  ​Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday that his company made mistakes in how it handled data belonging to 50 million of its users and promised tougher steps to restrict developers' access to such information.

• US Congress members call for tighter Facebook regulation

  Facebook faced new calls for regulation from within U.S. Congress and was hit with questions about personal data safeguards on Saturday after reports a political consultant gained inappropriate access to 50 million users' data starting in 2014.

• Google, Facebook could be slugged by 3 per cent tax in EU

  ​Large companies with significant digital revenues in the European Union such as Google and Facebook could face a 3 percent tax on their turnover under a draft proposal by the European Commission seen by Reuters.

• Does 'leaning in' really help women get ahead?

  The advice often given to women in the workplace, particularly those in the tech sector, is that they should be more assertive if they want to get ahead.

• Blackberry claims Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram copied its technology

  ​BlackBerry filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps, arguing that they copied technology and features from BlackBerry Messenger.