Year: 2018

Technology

Exclusive: Kaspersky Lab plans Swiss data center to combat spying allegations – documents

Reuters News March 21, 2018 0

MOSCOW/TORONTO (Reuters) - Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab plans to open a data center in Switzerland to address Western government concerns that Russia exploits its anti-virus software to spy on customers, according to internal documents seen by Reuters.

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Cambridge Analytica CEO claims influence on U.S. election, Facebook questioned

Reuters News March 20, 2018 0

LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The suspended chief executive of Cambridge Analytica said in a secretly recorded video broadcast on Tuesday that his UK-based political consultancy's online campaign played a decisive role in U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 election victory.

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U.S. FTC to question Facebook over consultancy’s access to user data

Reuters News March 20, 2018 0

SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said Tuesday it faced questions from the lead U.S. consumer regulator about how its users' personal data was mined by a political consultancy hired by Donald Trump's campaign.

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FTC to investigate Facebook over use of personal data: report

Reuters News March 20, 2018 0

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating Facebook Inc over its use of personal data, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, after a whistleblower said a political consultancy hired by Donald Trump improperly accessed information on 50 million Facebook users to sway public opinion.