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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

Elon Musk deletes own, SpaceX and Tesla Facebook pages after #deletefacebook — TechCrunch

Elon Musk has removed the Facebook pages of SpaceX and Tesla, Darrell Etherington of TechCrunch writes. Here is the link: https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/23/elon-musk-deletes-own-spacex-and-tesla-facebook-pages-after-deletefacebook/

Investigators complete seven-hour Cambridge Analytica HQ search — The Guardian

Investigators from Britain’s data watchdog have spent nearly seven hours searching the London offices of Cambridge Analytica, writes Hannah Summers and Nicola Slawson of The Guardian.