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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
TopicCambridge Analytrica

Topic: Cambridge Analytrica

Facebook parent Meta agrees to pay $725 million to resolve Cambridge Analytica scandal case

The lawsuit was prompted by revelations in 2018 showing that Facebook allowed Cambridge Analytica to access data of 87 million users.

How Congress, BJP are the ‘same’, & Coronavirus ‘denies’ blame for state of Indian economy

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

As a creator of Cambridge Analytica, I fell for Facebook’s call to ‘move fast, break things’

Facebook is a doorway into minds of Americans. Mark Zuckerberg left that door wide open for Cambridge Analytica, Russians, and who knows how many others.

Social media platforms must use technology to tackle fake news: Law minister

Centre also tells social media platforms to appoint grievance officers in India before whom complaints can be made.

Google knows what you did last summer, and more

The search giant is a repository of your entire online life, which companies can then use to market their products to you.

Whistleblower says Cambridge Analytica is a ‘coloniser’, names Congress as client in India

Christopher Wylie, who exposed the role Cambridge Analytica played in big political events such as Brexit, says it has done “all kinds of projects” in India.

Aadhaar, Zomato and the Tirupati temple have something in common: All of them faced data breaches

In 2017, at least 13 Aadhaar-related data breaches took place; security details 3 million debit cards of 19 banks were compromised in 2016.

Last Laughs: The safety of Aadhaar data, divisive politics and a dry world

The best Indian cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Global Pulse: Former French president is under investigation for allegedly receiving funds from Gaddafi

Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg has admitted to Facebook's data breach into what has now turned into the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

On Camera

What Trump-Harris result could mean for India in key areas, from geopolitics to trade & immigration

India cannot be blasé about change in any important capital in the world. Let's look at five key areas where US policy matters for India and how it may vary between Harris and Trump.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.