Social information processing

A majority of Facebook users evidently have no idea what they consented to when they registered to use the social ­network, according to a new study conducted by the University of Vienna.

Playboy issued a press release late Tuesday night to announce its withdrawal from Facebook. It has deactivated the Playboy accounts that Playboy Enterprises manages, directly affecting some 25 million fans, according to the company.

A committee of British lawmakers published on March 29 written evidence provided by a whistleblower who says information about 50 million Facebook users ended up in the hands of political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

U.S. regulators and state attorneys general are increasing pressure on Facebook as they probe whether the company's data-collection practices have hurt the people who use its services.

Opinion polls published on Sunday in the United States and Germany cast doubt over the level of trust people have in Facebook over privacy, as the firm ran advertisements in British and U.S. newspapers apologizing to users.

Facebook is changing the way its shares data with third-party applications, Mark Zuckerberg announced Wednesday in his first public statement since the Observer reported that the personal data of about 50 million Americans had been harvested and improperly shared with a political consultancy.

The privacy scandal rocking Facebook has cost the social media company nearly billion in market value over the past two days.

Facebook shares tumbled 6.8 percent Monday and another 2.56 percent Tuesday after news of the Cambridge Analytica data breach. The Facebook stock price is currently at 8.15.

PARIS: Facebook admitted on Sunday making a mistake after it banned an advert featuring French artist Eugene Delacroix's famous work, 'Liberty Leading the People', because it depicts a bare-breasted woman.

A data analysis firm employed by President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign tapped the Facebook profiles of more than 50 million users without their permission, allowing it to capitalize on the private social media activity of a large portion of the U.S. electorate, newspapers have reported.

Captain Andreevo's customs officers detained over 4,000 false labels of world-famous brands.

They were found by checking a car with a Bulgarian registration that came from Turkey. False labels infringing intellectual property rights, have been confiscated.