Matt Hancock to meet with Facebook over data harvesting scandal
Culture Secretary Matt Hancock is to meet Facebook next Wednesday and will “seek further assurances that UK users’ data won’t…
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Zuckerberg says he is still right person to lead Facebook amid claims 87m users could be affected by Cambridge Analytica scandal
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has insisted he is still the right person to lead the company after it revealed 87m…
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Channel 4 News editor calls on industry to build own news platform as he says Facebook now pays nothing to broadcaster
Channel 4 News editor Ben de Pear has called on the news industry to create an alternative to Facebook that…
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Facebook takes out full-page ads in six UK Sunday newspapers to say ‘sorry’ over data harvesting scandal
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg took out full page adverts in six British Sunday newspapers to apologise for the “breach of…
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UK political parties spent 17 times more on advertising with US tech giants during 2017 election campaign than with traditional media
The UK’s seven major political parties spent £4m on advertising with US tech giants during last year’s snap general election…
By Matt Hancock jabs at ‘conspiracy theorist’ Tom Watson as he warns Labour ‘threaten the free press’ with their ‘misguided goals’
Culture Secretary Matt Hancock has taken aim at his Labour counterpart Tom Watson, calling the Labour Shadow Culture Secretary “one…
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Observer’s Carole Cadwalladr: I became a ‘news slave’ in pursuing Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scoop
Journalist Carole Cadwalladr has said she became a “news slave” for Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie after tracking him down…
By Culture Secretary Matt Hancock tells MPs he would consider legislation cracking down on hate speech on social media
Culture Secretary Matt Hancock has said he would consider increasing legislation or adding warning labels to social media platforms to…
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