We are all victims of The Great Hack. This past weekend, I decided that Sunday evenings aren’t anxious enough by themselves, and that now was the right time to watch Netflix’s latest documentary: The Great Hack. The two-hour feature, directed by Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim, attempts to untangle the web of Cambridge Analytica, digital privacy […]

7 years ago

It’s released this week and is already causing some controversy. There are a litany of reasons why the true crime genre has seen a surge in popularity in recent years and while features like Making A Murderer and The Jinx can be viewed as entertainment, there’s no escaping the undeniable fact that this is real […]

7 years ago

Extremely satisfying to watch… A video has been widely shared of Brexit Party MEP Alexandra Phillips denying working for Cambridge Analytica, and being very blatantly caught out in the lie. Channel 4 had obtained an audio clip from 2017 in which she confirms she had been employed by Cambridge Analytica to work for Kenyan President […]

7 years ago

“They took your data. Then they took control.” Netflix have dropped the trailer for their new data mining documentary, and in a case of magnificent free publicity, just a few hours later, Facebook have reportedly been slapped with a record $5 billion (€4.4 billion) settlement following an investigation into data privacy violations. The Great Hack sets out […]

7 years ago

That’s a hell of a lot of money. US regulators have approved a record $5 billion (€4.4 billion) fine on Facebook to settle an investigation into data privacy violations, according to a number of reports. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) were investigating widespread allegations that the political consultancy company Cambridge Analytica improperly obtained the data […]

7 years ago

The Facebook founder accepted the request hours after rejecting the UK parliament’s own invitation. Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to meet with European Parliament representatives to clarify issues relating to the misuse of personal data and to discuss Facebook’s role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The announcement was made by Antonio Tajani, President of the European […]

8 years ago