The latest privacy scandal Facebook (all local time):
5:20 PM
Yes, mark Zuckerberg to wear a suit.
CEO of Facebook is best known for his “uniform” – jeans, sneakers and a fitted gray t-shirt.
But he’s not in a suit and tie when he testifies before Congress, which will begin on Tuesday. He already did on Monday when he met with lawmakers ahead of grillings.
33-year-old billionaire is no stranger costumes. In 2009 he wore a tie every day, as the first of what became his annual “personal problems”. This year, his task is to fix on Facebook.
While the suit doesn’t fix Facebook, it will serve as an outward sign of the fact that Zuckerberg is serious about his testimony.
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4:40 PM
Facebook says that in the old settled a lawsuit against the manufacturer of data center BladeRoom group charges that Facebook patented design stole BladeRoom to save billions of dollars.
The trial of the criminal case raised in 2015, finished its fourth day and was scheduled to resume on Monday. The settlement comes just before, CEO mark Zuckerberg to address Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday against the privacy policy of the company in connection with the unfolding scandal of the Cambridge analyst.
Facebook says the company is pleased to find a solution and to “put our differences behind.” The company did not disclose details, saying the settlement is confidential.
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3:10 PM
Facebook plans to start notifying users on Monday if their details were swept up in the scandal of the Cambridge analyst, but it’s not clear if it started.
87 million users who may have had their data shared with Cambridge the analyst should make a detailed post on their news feeds on Monday.
In the speech, published in advance of the house hearing, Zuckerberg said that the company will be communicated to all users affected by the scandal.
As the comments on Wednesday morning, which means that all those affected should see a message for later.
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2:20 PM
Mark Zuckerberg says as much as if the 146 million people may have received information from the Russian Agency, which accused a large part of the cyber-interference in the presidential elections of 2016.
CEO of Facebook says that his company found about 470 accounts and pages associated with the St. Petersburg Agency Internet research, which is about 80,000 posts Facebook for about two years.
Zuckerberg says that most people — about 126 million “can be enjoyed content” on the Facebook page associated with the Russian Agency. Another 20 million “was probably served” on Instagram.
The administration trump last month hit the web Agency officials with financial sanctions. Special adviser Robert Mueller was previously charged with those workers who wish to conduct the “information war” against the United States
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2:05 PM
The top Democrat in the Senate Committee on Commerce, believes the General Director of Facebook mark Zuckerberg takes seriously the hearings in Congress” because he knows that there will be hard look at the rules.”
Senator bill Nelson of Florida said Zuckerberg was “Frank and honest to the extent that he can” be in a closed session on the eve of Zuckerberg will testify before the Committee.
Nelson said it will be difficult with Republicans in charge, but argued, should the rules for ensuring user privacy in social networks.
Zuckerberg will testify before two Senate committees on Tuesday and the panel house on Wednesday. After revelations that the trump-related data the company has collected personal information from 87 million users of Facebook to try to influence the election.
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CEO of Facebook mark Zuckerberg said that his company was too slow to notice or to react to Russia’s intervention in the presidential election of 2016. He also apologized for the scandal privacy, which allowed third-party apps to collect personal data of users without their consent.
Zuckerberg said in his opening statement to be delivered to congressional committees, “I started Facebook, I run it and I am responsible for what happens here.”
He says that includes “fake news, foreign intervention in elections, and hatred, as well as developers and data privacy”.
Zuckerberg says that Facebook Is “idealistic and optimistic”. But he says that Facebook is not sufficiently broad view of their responsibilities. He says he was “a big mistake”.
He is scheduled to speak on Tuesday and Wednesday before the Senate and the oversight committees.
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12:30 PM
Mark Zuckerberg says that the company is responsible to make sure what happened with Cambridge Analytics will not be repeated.
Zuckerberg, who testified before Congress this week, said in his opening testimony that the company has taken a number of steps to limit unauthorized access to personal information of people on Facebook. The Committee on energy and Commerce, the chamber issued its statement on Monday.
Zuckerberg says the company is also reviewing every app that has access to a large amount of information to society, in order to prevent such access in 2014 — that came too late in the case of the Cambridge analyst.
Facebook is under fire in the worst crisis of confidentiality in its history after it became clear that the trump card-a subsidiary of mining company data used dishonest personal information from 87 million users, to try to influence the election.
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10:50 am
Facebook has suspended another application firm that may have incorrect data, adding to the growing list of companies which are investigated in the social media of the company.
Facebook says CubeYou, a firm associated with the University of Cambridge Psychometrics centre, will be suspended after a TV channel CNBC has informed Facebook that CubeYou was to gather information about users through quizzes.
According to CNBC, CubeYou with the inscription of his quiz “for non-commercial research”, and then shared the information with marketers. CNBC says CubeYou denies the abuse of the data.
On Saturday, Facebook said that it has suspended AggregateIQ, the canadian political consultancy firm, amid media reports that he was associated with Cambridge Analytics, a British data mining company accused of receiving data from up to 87 million users of Facebook to influence the election. Cambridge Analytics got its data through the app, a University of Cambridge scholar of psychology, Alexander Kogan.
The suspension comes as Facebook is preparing to notify users on Monday about whether their data is available in Cambridge analyst.
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10:30 am
CEO of Facebook mark Zuckerberg is an informal meeting with legislators on Monday on the eve of his first time testifying on Capitol hill.
Zuckerberg will testify at the Senate Tuesday and the house on Wednesday about the current data-the company’s privacy scandal and how she couldn’t protect themselves from other disorders. It should also be asked about Russia’s use of social media during the US elections of 2016.
One of the first meetings of Zuckerberg will be with Florida Senator bill Nelson. He’s the chief Democrat in the Senate Committee on Commerce, which will hold on Tuesday a joint hearing of the Senate judiciary Committee.
Nelson and Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune has asked Zuckerberg to testify in order to “restore lost trust” in the company.
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10:15 am.
CEO of Facebook mark Zuckerberg says the company is establishing an independent Commission to study the elections, which will consider the impact of social media on elections and democracy.
The move comes as social media is faced with a government report that Russia tried to interfere in U.S. elections, in part by using Facebook. Facebook is also experiencing one of the worst scandals of confidentiality in its 14-year history after it emerged that the firm, Cambridge data analyst data destination to 87 million users. Zuckerberg prepares to testify before Congress starting Tuesday.
In the Facebook post, Zuckerberg said that the Commission will work with the funds of a Committee of scientific experts who will come up with research topics and independent researchers to study them.
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6:30 am
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak closes your account Facebook as a social media giant is trying to cope with the worst crisis in its history of private life.
Email to USA today, Wozniak says Facebook does a lot of advertising money from the personal data provided by users. He says that “profit is based on the user information, but users get no profit.”
Wozniak says he’d rather pay for Facebook. He says: “Apple makes money on good products, not from you.”
CEO of Facebook mark Zuckerberg will testify on Capitol hill on Tuesday and Wednesday about the current data-the company’s privacy scandal and how she couldn’t protect themselves from other disorders.
Facebook has announced technical changes intended to address issues of confidentiality.
Sourse: abcnews.go.com
