The president took to Twitter Sunday morning to criticize the special counsel’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and potential Trump campaign collusion. “Why does the Mueller team have 13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans?” Mr. Trump tweeted at 8:35 a.m. […]
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How Facebook was used to scrape millions of people’s personal data
Cambridge Analytica, the data firm hired by President Trump’s 2016 campaign, was involved in the harvesting of personal data from over 50 million Facebook users, according to news outlets such as the The New York Times, The Guardian’s Observer and Channel 4 News in the U.K. And it gathered that data […]
Trump campaign phased out use of Cambridge Analytica data before election
Cambridge Analytica, a data vendor for the Trump campaign, was phased out during the general election, CBS News reports. The firm is now at the center of reports that it exploited Facebook data and harvested millions of U.S. voter profiles without user authorization during the 2016 presidential campaign. The Trump […]
Russian ambassador vows retaliation after U.S. sanctions
As a steady stream of voters shuffled into the Russian embassy in Washington, D.C., to vote in the Russian presidential election, Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov stood outside and spoke with CBS News about the sanctions against Russia announced last week. He warned that the new sanctions, over Russian meddling in the […]
Cirque du Soleil performer falls to his death
TAMPA, Fla. — A Cirque du Soleil performer has died after falling during a show in Tampa. The theatrical company announced on Twitter Sunday that Yann Arnaud fell Saturday night while performing an aerial straps number during the show VOLTA. Arnaud was taken to a hospital after the fall, where […]
Zuckerberg should testify over Facebook scandal, says expert
NEW YORK — Facebook’s leadership needs explain its use of data to lawmakers in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Jennifer Grygiel, a social media expert and assistant professor of communications at Syracuse University, told CBSN on Sunday. Cambridge Analytica was hired by the Trump campaign in 2016 and […]
Vladimir Putin heads to big win in a vote tainted by fraud
MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin headed to an overwhelming win in Russia’s presidential election Sunday, adding six years in the Kremlin for the man who has led the world’s largest country for all of the 21st century. The vote was tainted by widespread reports of ballot-box stuffing and forced voting, but the […]
Early returns show Putin re-elected in a landslide tainted by fraud
MOSCOW — An exit poll and early returns suggest that Vladimir Putin handily won a fourth term as Russia’s president Sunday, adding six years in the Kremlin for the man who has led the world’s largest country for all of the 21st century. The vote was tainted by widespread reports […]
Members of Congress want answers from Facebook about Cambridge Analytica
Following reports that a data analytics firm that worked with President Trump’s campaign obtained Facebook data about millions of U.S. voters without their authorization, members of Congress from both sides of the aisle are seeking answers from the social media giant and questioning what effect the firm’s use of the data […]
White House aide describes “growing frustration” with Mueller probe
Marc Short, the White House director of legislative affiars, says there’s “growing frustration” within the Trump administration over special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, given what he said were the White House’s efforts to cooperate in the probe. “There’s a growing frustration that […]