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Media Or Tech Company? Facebook's Profile Is Blurry

9:54am April 12, 2018

by Mary Louise Kelly

Regulators, and sometimes the public, still have a tough time getting a handle on just what Facebook is. And that makes it difficult to determine just which laws should govern it.

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Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. This is the second day of testimony before Congress by Zuckerberg, 33.

Politics & Government

Lawmakers Push Zuckerberg On Security, Diversity, Drug Sales On Facebook

5:26pm April 11, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The Facebook CEO was grilled by members of the House of Representatives on Russian disinformation campaigns, third-party access to user data, abuses of Facebook's platform and other topics.

Second Cambridge Analytica CEO Steps Down Amid Facebook Data Scandal

2:59pm April 11, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Alexander Tayler, acting CEO, is stepping down, according to a statement from the Cambridge Analytica board of directors. The firm is at the heart of a scandal involving the use of Facebook data.

Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on April 10.

Politics & Government

6 Facts About Fake News In The 2016 Election

11:31am April 11, 2018

by Danielle Kurtzleben

One lesson: Social media plays a bigger role in bringing people to fake news sites than it does in bringing them to real news sites.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

Politics & Government

Mark Zuckerberg Tells Senate: Election Security Is An 'Arms Race'

7:37pm April 10, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The CEO of Facebook testified before Congress for the first time on Tuesday. He apologized for allowing Facebook tools to be used to do harm — and vowed to take more responsibility over user content.

This week, Facebook began notifying people whether they had ever logged in to the "This Is Your Digital Life" app — which has been linked to the exposure of tens of millions of records for political research.

How To Check If Your Facebook Data Was Used By Cambridge Analytica

3:47pm April 10, 2018

by Bill Chappell

For some, the news is good: "It doesn't appear your Facebook information was shared with Cambridge Analytica." For others, it's not so clear.

According to reporting by CNBC, Cubeyou collected data from Facebook users through personality quizzes "for non-profit academic research" developed with Cambridge University, and then sold the data to advertisers.

Report: Facebook Suspends Another Data Analytics Firm As Scandal Widens

1:38pm April 09, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

As the company prepares to notify 87 million users whose data was misused by Cambridge Analytica, CNBC reports that Facebook is suspending Cubeyou over similar allegations.

From right: Kent Walker, vice president and general counsel with Google Inc.; Colin Stretch, general counsel with Facebook Inc.; and Sean Edgett, acting general counsel with Twitter Inc., swear in to a House Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington, D

Lobbyists, Campaign Cash And Think Tanks: How Silicon Valley Tackled Politics

5:00am April 09, 2018

by Peter Overby

Facebook didn't open an office in Washington, DC until it was five years old and already worth billions. Last year, the company spent $12 million lobbying lawmakers and the federal government.

Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg — interviewed at the company's offices in Menlo Park, Calif., on Thursday — told NPR: "We did not think enough about the abuse cases."

Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg On Data Privacy Fail: 'We Were Way Too Idealistic'

11:32pm April 05, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The chief operating officer tells NPR that she is sorry for not doing more to protect users and that the company is looking into whether user information has been compromised by other firms.

Full Transcript: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg On Protecting User Data

11:31pm April 05, 2018

by Steve Inskeep

Facebook has been under fire in recent weeks a political consulting firm gained access to millions of users' data. Sandberg tells NPR about the company's missteps, and what it's doing to correct them.