The chief executive officer of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has canvassed the need for new global regulations governing the internet. Specifically, he recommended tough rules on hateful and violent content, election integrity, privacy and data portability, among other regulatory imperatives. In a statement that was published as an op-ed in some newspapers, the Facebook chief said the […]
Britain’s data protection watchdog on Thursday confirmed that it had fined Facebook 500,000 pounds (645,000 dollars) for “serious breaches of data protection law’’ in connection with the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The Information Commissioner’s Office stated that the fine followed an investigation that found Facebook processed the personal information of users unfairly “by also allowing application […]