Mark Zuckerberg

How to See the Apps Tracking You on Facebook — and Block Them

(ANTIMEDIA) —  Following a lengthy silence in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, where it was revealed that a data firm was able to obtain personal information from over 50 million Facebook accounts, company CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally spoke out on Wednesday. “We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can’t then we don’t deserve to serve you,” Zuckerberg […]

The Guardian pushes for a Facebook break up. Spin off WhatsApp and Instagram into separate companies

Now that Facebook has been outed for selling user data to help Trump target voters (Obama did the same exact thing and the media seemed to have no problem with it), the liberal left media is now turning on the liberal left social network.
The Trump effect is tearing apart the largest social network.

Facebook CEO goes on CNN to give his “What Happened” moment (Video)

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks to CNNMoney’s Laurie Segall after the news broke this weekend that Cambridge Analytica accessed information from 50 million Facebook users without the users knowing about it.
In Hillary Clinton fashion, the first question thrown at Zuck is “what happened?”
At least Zuckerberg did not lay blame on the Russians…

Via Zerohedge

WhatsApp founder tells followers to “Delete Facebook”

The knives are out.
Silicon Valley tech billionaires smell blood in the water. Are we seeing the beginning of the end for the giant spy social network Facebook?
WhatsApp co-founder, Brian Action referenced the viral movement urging everyone to delete their Facebook account, “in the wake of recent revelations that the personal data of 50 million Facebook users was used without their permission by political data company Cambridge Analytica during the 2016 presidential campaign.”

Zuck Made Him a Billionaire, Now WhatsApp Founder Urges Users to Delete Facebook

(ZHE) — Three years after Mark Zuckerberg made Brian Action a billionaire by paying $22 billion for WhatsApp, the messaging app’s co-founder has a clear message for the billions of social media drones worldwide – #deletefacebook. MarketWatch notes that Acton and fellow co-founder Jan Koum sold the messaging service WhatsApp to Facebook in 2014 for $22 billion. Acton received about $3 […]

US Senator Demands Zuckerberg ‘Be Subpoenaed’ to Testify Under Oath

(CD) — As the damning details of Facebook’s largest-ever data breach at the hands of pro-Trump data firm Cambridge Analytica continue to pour in—and as the social media giant’s share price continues to plummet as a result—Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Monday called on CEO Mark Zuckerberg to “testify under oath” before Congress to explain why his company took so long to […]

Facebook Begins Killing the Independent News Industry

(TMU Op-ed) — After Donald Trump surprised even the most pessimistic of us by winning the U.S. presidential elections in 2016, the powers-that-be quickly sought to find a scapegoat to blame for their dismal failures. Supposedly, it wasn’t the corporate media’s fault, the DNC’s fault or the current neoliberal power structure’s fault for ramming down an unpopular candidate down our throat who was […]

Mark Zuckerberg Is Officially Considering a Cryptocurrency for Facebook in 2018

(ANTIMEDIA) — 2017 was an incredible year for cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Bitcoin doubters are apologizing for their disturbing lack of faith while tech moguls are waking up in droves to the revolutionary potential of how a truly decentralized blockchain could help end corruption and market manipulation by untrustworthy central actors.