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==Major consumer protection incidents== | ==Major consumer protection incidents== | ||
===Cambridge Analytica | ===Cambridge Analytica data dcandal=== | ||
The Cambridge Analytica scandal came to light when a former employee, Christopher Wylie, leaked internal documents to journalists. These documents demonstrated the uninformed consent for the collection of personal data from up to 87 million Facebook profiles, which served political advertising purposes through Facebook's Open Graph Platform and the Facebook application "This is Your Digital Life," developed by data scientist Aleksandr Kogan at Global Science Research.<ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/10/facebook-cambridge-analytica-a-timeline-of-the-data-hijacking-scandal.html "Facebook-Cambridge Analytica: A timeline of the data hijacking scandal"] - cnbc.com - accessed 2025-02-03 ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260117062336/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/10/facebook-cambridge-analytica-a-timeline-of-the-data-hijacking-scandal.html Archived])</ref> The appropriated personal data was used in the 2016 US Presidential election for Ted Cruz's and Donald Trump's campaigns.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/cambridge-analytica-facebook-scandal-trump-cruz-operatives-2018-3 "There's an open secret about Cambridge Analytica in the political world: It doesn't have the 'secret sauce' it claims"] - businessinsider.com - accessed 2025-02-03 ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260217160805/https://www.businessinsider.com/cambridge-analytica-facebook-scandal-trump-cruz-operatives-2018-3 Archived])</ref> | The Cambridge Analytica scandal came to light when a former employee, Christopher Wylie, leaked internal documents to journalists. These documents demonstrated the uninformed consent for the collection of personal data from up to 87 million Facebook profiles, which served political advertising purposes through Facebook's Open Graph Platform and the Facebook application "This is Your Digital Life," developed by data scientist Aleksandr Kogan at Global Science Research.<ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/10/facebook-cambridge-analytica-a-timeline-of-the-data-hijacking-scandal.html "Facebook-Cambridge Analytica: A timeline of the data hijacking scandal"] - cnbc.com - accessed 2025-02-03 ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260117062336/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/10/facebook-cambridge-analytica-a-timeline-of-the-data-hijacking-scandal.html Archived])</ref> The appropriated personal data was used in the 2016 US Presidential election for Ted Cruz's and Donald Trump's campaigns.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/cambridge-analytica-facebook-scandal-trump-cruz-operatives-2018-3 "There's an open secret about Cambridge Analytica in the political world: It doesn't have the 'secret sauce' it claims"] - businessinsider.com - accessed 2025-02-03 ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260217160805/https://www.businessinsider.com/cambridge-analytica-facebook-scandal-trump-cruz-operatives-2018-3 Archived])</ref> | ||
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A photo of Zuckerberg revealed in 2016 that he keeps his own laptop camera covered with tape.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-22 |title=Mark Zuckerberg Puts Tape Over His Webcam |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/mark-zuckerberg-puts-tape-webcam/story?id=40040340 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=abc News |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251012141042/https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/mark-zuckerberg-puts-tape-webcam/story?id=40040340 |archive-date=12 Oct 2025}}</ref> | A photo of Zuckerberg revealed in 2016 that he keeps his own laptop camera covered with tape.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-22 |title=Mark Zuckerberg Puts Tape Over His Webcam |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/mark-zuckerberg-puts-tape-webcam/story?id=40040340 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=abc News |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251012141042/https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/mark-zuckerberg-puts-tape-webcam/story?id=40040340 |archive-date=12 Oct 2025}}</ref> | ||
==Regulatory response== | ==Regulatory response== | ||
*Fines: Facebook paid five billion dollars to the FTC for privacy violations and faced lawsuits for deceptive practices.<ref name=":2" /> | *Fines: Facebook paid five billion dollars to the FTC for privacy violations and faced lawsuits for deceptive practices.<ref name=":2" /> | ||