Now playing Next United Kingdom Cambridge Analytica suspends CEO in data row Cambridge Analytica has suspended its CEO, Alexander Nix, in the evolving row over the improper use of the personal information of over 50 million Facebook users. 21/03/2018
Now playing Next Europe News Cambridge Analytica fallout reaches Brussels The Facebook/ Cambridge Analytica scandal has set off a political bomb in Brussels with both the European Parliament and European Commission condemning the companies' methods, if they are confirmed. 20/03/2018
Now playing Next World News Norway’s Justice Minister quits her position over her facebook commen It's after Sylvi Listhaug caused uproar accusing the opposition of being too lenient on terrorism suspects 20/03/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom Facebook's Zuckerberg summoned to UK Parliament committee The tech giant's CEO has been summoned after the Cambridge Analytica scandal 20/03/2018
Now playing Next USA Facebook shares tumble in Cambridge Analytica data breach Facebook shares lost tens of billions of dollars in the row over the compromise of over 50 million of its accounts. Cambridge Analytica has also come under pressure over its use of a playbook of dirty political tricks. 20/03/2018
Now playing Next USA Facebook under pressure over 50 million user data breach Facebook is under pressure on both sides of the Atlantic over reports of a data breach by Cambridge Analytica that may have compromised 50 million of its users. 19/03/2018
Now playing Next World News Facebook: "One of the largest data breaches in the history of the comp Investigations have been launched in the US and UK into a data analytics firm which, it is claimed, harvested private information from more than 50 million Facebook users while developing techniques to support President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign. 18/03/2018
Now playing Next USA Facebook suspends account of Trump campaign's political data firm Cambridge Analytica has responded saying none of the acquired data had been used in the 2016 US election. 17/03/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom Far-right group Britain First banned from Facebook The far-right group shot to international attention after Donald Trump retweeted its anti-Islamic posts. Now it’s been banned from Facebook. 14/03/2018
Now playing Next France France to sue Google and Apple for 'unfair business practices' French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire says it's "unacceptable" that Google and Apple unilaterally impose prices and other contractual terms on software developers, and that this is hurting France's startups. 14/03/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom London mayor shares racist hate mail in viral video Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan reads out expletive-laden hate speech in the video, which Has so far attracted 170,000 views on Facebook. 13/03/2018
Now playing Next Austria Facebook 'sorry' after banning picture of nude figurine A picture of a nude, prehistoric figurine was banned from Facebook and called a "dangerous pornographic image". Now the social media giant has apologised. 01/03/2018
Now playing Next Italy ‘Will they send me back to Africa?’ – child’s fear of Italy’s far-righ Gabriella Nobile recounted on Facebook the racist abuse her young adopted children suffered in Milan in the run-up to the Italian elections, blaming Matteo Salvini of the ex-Northern League for whipping up hatred. He has invited her for coffee. 27/02/2018
Now playing Next World Facebook launches European digital hubs Facebook launches European digital hubs in a bid to boost its community credentials. The centres, based in Poland, Spain and Italy, will be dedicated to teaching digital skills to underrepresented members of the population. 27/02/2018
Now playing Next Brazil Brazil's biggest paper stops publishing articles on Facebook One of Brazil's major national newspapers, Folha de S.Paulo, has stopped publishing articles on their Facebook page because it believes the social media platform does not "value professional journalism". 08/02/2018
Now playing Next USA Facebook bans cryptocurrency ads amid 'fear of scams or deception' Adverts that promote cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and ICOs, will be banned on all Facebook platforms including the Audience Network and Instagram. 31/01/2018
Now playing Next Europe News Brussels tackles fake news Facebook, Twitter and Google - the internet giants were all at the table in Brussels on Monday to discuss the problem of fake news and online disinformation. 15/01/2018
Now playing Next USA Facebook to overhaul news feed to promote “meaningful” posts Content published by businesses, brands and media will become less visible in favour of posts from users’ friends and family. 12/01/2018
Now playing Next World News Facebook: can its new features improve mental wellbeing? Facebook has introduced several new features in a bid to combat the detrimental impact the platform can have on users' mental health. What are they and what will their effect be? 16/12/2017
Now playing Next Economy Facebook caves under pressure from governments to change tax structure Public criticism of the company has mounted in the UK after it was revealed to have paid just over £4,000 in tax in 2014 12/12/2017