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Originally published 1984
Authors Benjamin Barber
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Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age by Benjamin R. Barber was published by the University of California Press in 1984 and republished in a twentieth anniversary edition in 2004.

Facebook is obliged, Cambridge Analytica fine UK

Feb 16,2020 6:15 am

Facebook's chief executive has repeatedly refused to answer questions, to pay the agreed to by British MPs over the scandal

Facebook has £500,000 Fine by the UK's data protection watchdog for his role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

originally, The Penalty was appealed, resulting in The Information Commissioner ' to pursue s Office, its own counter-appeal.

As part of the agreement, Facebook is no admission of liability.

The U.S. company said that it "wish it had done more to investigate, Cambridge Analytica" in the past.

James Dipple-Johnstone, the Deputy Commissioner of the ICO said: "The OIC's main concern was to damage the British citizens' data at significant risk. The protection of personal data and privacy is of fundamental importance not only for the rights of the individual, but also, as we now know, for the preservation of a Strong Democracy . "

Harry Kinmonth, a Facebook lawyer pointed out that the Social Network had to make changes to restrict The Information that the app developers could access after the scandal.

"The UCI has stated that it found evidence that the data of Facebook users in the EU, according to Cambridge, Analytica," he added.

"look forward, However, we focus on the continuation of cooperation with the OIC wider and ongoing investigation into the use of data analytics for political purposes. "

the researchers, Dr Aleksandr Kogan and his company, the GSR is a personality used quiz to harvest, the Facebook data from up to 87 million people.

Some of this data was shared with the London and Cambridge Analytica.

The UCI argues that Facebook is not doing enough to users' Information .



privacy, facebook, facebook-cambridge analytica scandal, internet privacy, information commissioner' s office, fake news

Source of news: bbc.com

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