We should be allowed to do what we like

The US Supreme Court grappled with an appeal from Meta Platforms, Facebook's parent company, seeking to dismiss a 2018 federal securities fraud lawsuit brought by shareholders.

No-one will have to testify, nothing to see here move on please 

Social notworking site Facebook has settled the consumer lawsuits brought as a result of Cambridge Analytica's unauthorised harvesting of user data.

Washington DC attorney-general washes his briefs

The attorney general for Washington, DC, filed a civil lawsuit against Facebook claiming the social notworking outfit failed to protect its users' data and pointing specifically to the Cambridge Analytica scandal

Stops denying it

The former head of Cambridge Analytica admitted his firm had received data from the researcher at the centre of a scandal over Facebook users’ details, contradicting previous testimony to MPs.

Whistleblower points the finger at Steve Bannon

US President Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump’s former aide Steve Bannon sought to use personal information collected online to promote “a culture war”, a whistleblower from political data firm Cambridge Analytica told US senators.

UK watchdog growls and sends an angry missive

Britain’s data privacy watchdog has growled and told Cambridge Analytica to hand over all the personal information it holds on a US academic.

What possibly could have gone wrong?

The outfit behind the recent Facebook scandal - Cambridge Analytica - attempted to develop its own cryptocurrency this past year and intended to raise funds through an initial coin offering.

It's the data day of doom

A flurry of stories about social network outfit Facebook has led to a number of questions by politicians and journalists in both the UK and on the other side of the pond.