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How to Watch Day 2 of Mark Zuckerberg’s Capitol Hill Apology Tour on YouTube, Facebook, and More

Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg answered questions at the US Senate for over five hours about Facebook’s role in protecting user privacy. Today he faces the US House and if you’re looking for a livestream, we’ve got you covered. Today’s hearing, titled “Transparency and Use of Private Data,” is scheduled to start at 10am Eastern, 7am Pacific…

Social Media Matt Novak

Ted Cruz, a Former Cambridge Analytica Client, Grills Mark Zuckerberg on Political Bias

Before the Trump campaign got involved with the political data firm Cambridge Analytica, Senator Ted Cruz was one of its biggest clients. At Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Cruz didn’t really want to talk about that. Instead, he wanted to talk about Palmer Luckey, the alt-right-loving former CEO of Oculus. It was…

Social Media Rhett Jones

Did Congress Give Big Boy Mark Zuckerberg a Booster Seat for His Special Day?

America’s soft and sweaty boy, Mark Zuckerberg, is steeling himself to be imminently grilled before Congress. And in preparation, it appears the thoughtful legislators of this hallowed body have provisioned seating befitting the station of Silicon Valley’s milkiest son. Per Washingtonian photographer Evy Mages, a padded insert currently occupies the chair which will soon host…

Tech News Avery Ellis

Just 53 People Used the App That Let Cambridge Analytica Swipe Data From Up to 311,127 Australians

The vast majority of Facebook user data that was harvested by Cambridge Analytica came from Americans. But smaller countries are actually better at demonstrating just how big the problem got. Access to just 53 users in Australia reportedly allowed data firms to potentially capture information on over 310,000 people. According to data obtained by The…

Social Media Matt Novak

This May Be What Facebook’s Delayed Smart Speaker Could Look Like

Since news of the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke, Facebook has been running damage control: public apologies, a hasty ad campaign, and reportedly delaying the launch of its voice assistant-enabled home speaker. Now we know what that device might have looked like. Made public today, a patent application simply titled “Electronic Device” shows what appears to…

Social Media Avery Ellis

Here’s a Bingo Card to Play While Mark Zuckerberg Spews Bullshit on Capitol Hill

On Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg will make the first of his back-to-back appearances on Capitol Hill. He’s reportedly been getting lots of coaching from normal humans, so we can expect a lot of canned answers pulled from Facebook’s greatest hits. To help you navigate the proceedings we’ve gamified the experience. Collected below you’ll find likely predictions,…

Social Media Rhett Jones

Here’s Mark Zuckerberg’s Written Testimony for Congress

Mark Zuckerberg is ready to apologize. In written testimony submitted prior to his congressional appearances this week, the Facebook CEO issued a sweeping apology for his company’s blunders on election interference, privacy, and fake news. He called the social media platform an “idealistic and optimistic company,” noting that attitude contributed to Facebook missing the signs…

Social Media Kate Conger

Facebook Is About to Give ‘Privacy-Protected Data’ to Election Researchers

On Monday, Facebook announced a new initiative that aims to help the company better understand how it influences elections and democracy at large. Thing is, it will involve Facebook handing over user data to independent researchers—but in a good way this time, promise. In their announcement blog, Facebook’s vice president of communications and public policy,…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz

Steve Wozniak Dumps Facebook: ‘It’s Brought Me More Negatives Than Positives’ [UPDATED]

Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify before Congress this week as his apology tour rolls on, but the Facebook CEO’s newfound humility has done little stem the flood of criticism hitting his company. The latest high-profile critic to jump into the fray is Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. It’s been about three weeks since the Cambridge…

Social Media Rhett Jones

How to Find Out If Your Facebook Data Was Stolen by Cambridge Analytica

Roughly 87 million people had their Facebook data stolen by the political research firm Cambridge Analytica. And starting today, Facebook will finally notify the people who had their information scooped up. About 70 million are in the US, while the rest are primarily in the UK, Indonesia, and the Philippines. How can you find out…

Social Media Matt Novak

Here Is Facebook’s Dubious Plan to Prevent Its 2016 Election Catastrophe From Happening Again

Pressure has been mounting on Facebook and its leadership to make big privacy changes in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal—in which it lost control over extensive data on what it now says are 87 million users—and after weeks of hedging and minor tweaks around the margins, the company has begun to make other…

Social Media Tom McKay

Facebook Will Reportedly Let You Unsend Messages, Just Like Its Fancy Executives [UPDATED]

Facebook’s hypocritical protection of its executives’ privacy while hanging everyone else out to dry was highlighted on Thursday night when it confirmed Mark Zuckerberg has the ability to delete Messenger communications from other peoples’ inboxes. Now, Facebook is going to give everyone that option. In no hurry to take another public beating, it seems Facebook…

Social Media Rhett Jones

Facebook Admits Mark Zuckerberg and Top Execs Have Deleted Their Sent Messages Remotely

Have you ever sent an email or text that you wish you could take back and delete forever? That’s not possible on the open web. But we now know that Mark Zuckerberg has the power to reach into every single Facebook inbox and delete messages that he’s sent. Zuck and other executives at Facebook have…

Social Media Matt Novak

Facebook Decides to Back Off Creepy Hospital Data-Sharing Project for Some Reason

In what might be the shortest time yet for an Onion headline to nearly mirror reality, Facebook has backed off plans to share sensitive info about your inner life with doctors and hospitals. And all it took was the company being embroiled in a cataclysmic data-sharing scandal. As first reported by CNBC on Thursday, Facebook’s…

Social Media Ed Cara

Facebook Just Made a Shocking Admission, and We’re All Too Exhausted to Notice

Since the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal first broke last month, Facebook has tried out a number of PR strategies to address the growing outcry. At this point, the social media company is just going for broke, telling the public it should just assume that “most” of the 2.2 billion Facebook users have probably had their…

Social Media Rhett Jones

Good News, We’re Getting Two Congressional Hearings With Mark Zuckerberg for the Price of One

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg—who has (reluctantly) become the face of the company’s response to the Cambridge Analytica data-sharing scandal—will testify not just in front of the House Energy and Commerce Commitee next week as previously reported, but a joint hearing of the Senate as well. Per CBS News, Zuckerberg has agreed to testify before the…

Social Media Tom McKay

Mark Zuckerberg: Actually, We Are Going to Roll Out Fancy EU Privacy Controls Everywhere

“Look, this is bad,” Mark Zuckerberg told reporters during an impromptu conference call on Wednesday. The Facebook CEO spent much of the time taking responsibility for the privacy scandals that have consumed his company recently, but he also pointed out that he’s been the victim of fake news. Contrary to a recent Reuters report, he…

Social Media Rhett Jones

Now Facebook Says It Shared the Data of ‘Up to 87 Million’ Users with Cambridge Analytica

Facebook just revealed a frightening new figure for the number of users whose data was improperly shared by the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. That number is now as high as 87 million. Whistleblower Christopher Wylie had previously said that more than 50 million people were affected. Now, according to Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer, “up to…

Social Media Adam Clark Estes

Facebook Just Updated Its Terms and Data Policy—Good Luck Understanding It

In what it presumably hopes will be seen as swift and stern action to inform and protect its users, Facebook announced new terms of service and a new data policy on Wednesday. Don’t worry, though, it’s not like the company has gone soft in his war on privacy. It’s just more explicitly copping to the…

Social Media Adam Clark Estes

Mark Zuckerberg: Boy That EU Privacy Law Is Great, Just You Know, Only in the EU

Facebook has spent the past few weeks on an apology tour amid the fallout of its Cambridge Analytica data-sharing scandal, in which the company lost control of extensive information on 50 million users harvested without their consent. They’ve dispatched founder Mark Zuckerberg to recite talking points, shuffled around some privacy settings, recalibrated Zuckerberg’s talking points,…

Social Media Tom McKay

How to Watch Day 2 of Mark Zuckerberg’s Capitol Hill Apology Tour on YouTube, Facebook, and More

Ted Cruz, a Former Cambridge Analytica Client, Grills Mark Zuckerberg on Political Bias

Did Congress Give Big Boy Mark Zuckerberg a Booster Seat for His Special Day?

Just 53 People Used the App That Let Cambridge Analytica Swipe Data From Up to 311,127 Australians

This May Be What Facebook’s Delayed Smart Speaker Could Look Like

Here’s a Bingo Card to Play While Mark Zuckerberg Spews Bullshit on Capitol Hill

Here’s Mark Zuckerberg’s Written Testimony for Congress

Facebook Is About to Give ‘Privacy-Protected Data’ to Election Researchers

Steve Wozniak Dumps Facebook: ‘It’s Brought Me More Negatives Than Positives’ [UPDATED]

How to Find Out If Your Facebook Data Was Stolen by Cambridge Analytica

Here Is Facebook’s Dubious Plan to Prevent Its 2016 Election Catastrophe From Happening Again

Facebook Will Reportedly Let You Unsend Messages, Just Like Its Fancy Executives [UPDATED]

Facebook Admits Mark Zuckerberg and Top Execs Have Deleted Their Sent Messages Remotely

Facebook Decides to Back Off Creepy Hospital Data-Sharing Project for Some Reason

Facebook Just Made a Shocking Admission, and We’re All Too Exhausted to Notice

Good News, We’re Getting Two Congressional Hearings With Mark Zuckerberg for the Price of One

Mark Zuckerberg: Actually, We Are Going to Roll Out Fancy EU Privacy Controls Everywhere

Now Facebook Says It Shared the Data of ‘Up to 87 Million’ Users with Cambridge Analytica

Facebook Just Updated Its Terms and Data Policy—Good Luck Understanding It

Mark Zuckerberg: Boy That EU Privacy Law Is Great, Just You Know, Only in the EU

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