UK authorities raid Cambridge Analytica

BBC News: Facebook fined £500,000 for Cambridge Analytica scandal

"Facebook has been fined £500,000 by the UK's data protection watchdog for its role in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said Facebook had let a "serious breach" of the law take place.

The fine is the maximum allowed under the old data protection rules that applied before GDPR took effect in May.

The ICO said Facebook had given app developers access to people's data "without clear consent".

In July, the ICO notified the social network that it intended to issue the maximum fine."
 
I'm surprised that it is even possible to violate the user agreements that everybody signs without reading.

God only knows what I've agreed to over the years.
 
BBC News: MPs' fury over Mark Zuckerberg 'no-show'

"Politicians from nine countries reacted angrily to the absence of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at a hearing today.

The event is part of an unprecedented international inquiry into disinformation and fake news.

Richard Allan, Facebook's vice-president of policy solutions, appeared in Mr Zuckerberg's place.
He said he took responsibility for deciding who appeared at which committee.

The session was attended by parliamentarians from Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Ireland, Latvia, and Singapore as well as members of the UK's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

Its chairman Damian Collins, has repeatedly asked Mr Zuckerberg to attend hearings.

Lord Allan, who is also a Liberal Democrat peer, faced a grilling on various Facebook policies and actions in addition to the subject of why his boss wasn't there."

Seems like Zukerberg thought he was pulling a fast one by sending a member of the House of Lords on his payroll to appear before the committee.
 
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