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Facebook is making its biggest executive shuffle in company history — Recode

Facebook instituted its biggest executive shakeup in its 15-year history this week, writes Kurt Wagner in Recode. Here is the link: https://www.recode.net/2018/5/8/17330226/facebook-reorg-mark-zuckerberg-whatsapp-messenger-ceo-blockchain

Facebook admits it does track non-users, for their own good — The Register

Facebook's apology-and-explanation machine grinds on, writes The Register's Richard Chirgwin. Here is the link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/17/facebook_admits_to_tracking_non_users/  

Facebook, Cambridge Analytica hit with class-action lawsuit — The Hill

Facebook and Cambridge Analytica were hit with a class-action lawsuit on Tuesday, writes Harper Neidig of The Hill. Here is the link: http://thehill.com/policy/technology/382462-facebook-cambridge-analytica-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit

Zuckerberg says ‘we made it very clear’ that Facebook users could have their data harvested, so it didn’t break an FTC agreement — Business...

The leak of data that eventually went to Cambridge Analytica did not represent a FTC violation, said CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a Senate testimony...

Facebook logs SMS texts and calls, users find as they delete accounts — The Guardian

Facebook users are discovering that the social network holds more data about them than they expected, including complete logs of incoming and outgoing calls and SMS messages, The Guardian's Alex Hern writes. Here is the link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/25/facebook-logs-texts-and-calls-users-find-as-they-delete-accounts-cambridge-analytica