New York, Feb 13 (Ians) Indian-American judge Vince Chhabria has slapped a fine of almost 1 million on Meta, Facebook’s parent company, and its law firm for creating obstacles for court and users in a data breach trial.
According to a Bloomberg report, District Judge Chhabria wrote in an order that the fine is “loose change” for Facebook and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Llp for deceitfully denying that it shared users’ private information with third parties.
The San Francisco judge said that Facebook relied on “delay, misdirection, and frivolous arguments” to make the litigation unfairly difficult and expensive. “Perhaps realising they had no real argument for withholding these documents, Facebook and Gibson Dunn contorted various statements” of opposing lawyers and the court acebeyond recognition,” Chhabria wrote, according to Bloomberg.
“And again, after being told repeatedly that these arguments made no sense, Facebook and Gibson Dunn insisted on pressing them,” he said.
According to a Bloomberg report, District Judge Chhabria wrote in an order that the fine is “loose change” for Facebook and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Llp for deceitfully denying that it shared users’ private information with third parties.
The San Francisco judge said that Facebook relied on “delay, misdirection, and frivolous arguments” to make the litigation unfairly difficult and expensive. “Perhaps realising they had no real argument for withholding these documents, Facebook and Gibson Dunn contorted various statements” of opposing lawyers and the court acebeyond recognition,” Chhabria wrote, according to Bloomberg.
“And again, after being told repeatedly that these arguments made no sense, Facebook and Gibson Dunn insisted on pressing them,” he said.
- 2/13/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Oct 2 (Ians) Before the social media platforms were weaponised by political parties and their leaders, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was once asked if users’ data on his platform was at risk. He unambiguously had said ‘No’, adding that there was no way the data of his users could be breached or “improperly shared” on a large scale.
The massive Cambridge Analytica data scandal proved him wrong.
The Netflix documentary “The Great Hack” revealed the sordid tale of UK-based and now defunct political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica and its role in swaying US voters in the 2016 Presidential elections, which brought Donald Trump to power via illegally accessing data of 87 million Facebook users.
It was two whistleblowers from Cambridge Analytica — Brittany Kaiser and Christopher Wylie — who blew the lid off the dark secrets of their CEO Alexander Nix.
Cambridge Analytica had 5,000 data points on every American — invisible information that was...
The massive Cambridge Analytica data scandal proved him wrong.
The Netflix documentary “The Great Hack” revealed the sordid tale of UK-based and now defunct political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica and its role in swaying US voters in the 2016 Presidential elections, which brought Donald Trump to power via illegally accessing data of 87 million Facebook users.
It was two whistleblowers from Cambridge Analytica — Brittany Kaiser and Christopher Wylie — who blew the lid off the dark secrets of their CEO Alexander Nix.
Cambridge Analytica had 5,000 data points on every American — invisible information that was...
- 10/2/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Eddie Redmayne will star in an untitled film about Cambridge Analytica — the British data company and political consulting firm that was at the center of a Facebook data scandal during the 2016 election — and “Green Book” director Peter Farrelly is in talks to direct the film, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. However, another source said Redmayne’s deal is not complete and is still in very early talks.
The untitled movie comes from Agbo, the production company from “Avengers” directors Joe and Anthony Russo. “Avengers: Endgame” writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely wrote the script.
Agbo declined to comment.
Redmayne is expected to play Christopher Wylie, a Canadian data consultant who in 2018 gave The Guardian documents that prompted the scandal. Cambridge allegedly illegally gathered unauthorized personal and private data from Facebook, affecting as many as 87 million user accounts, all for the purpose of creating targeted, digital advertising...
The untitled movie comes from Agbo, the production company from “Avengers” directors Joe and Anthony Russo. “Avengers: Endgame” writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely wrote the script.
Agbo declined to comment.
Redmayne is expected to play Christopher Wylie, a Canadian data consultant who in 2018 gave The Guardian documents that prompted the scandal. Cambridge allegedly illegally gathered unauthorized personal and private data from Facebook, affecting as many as 87 million user accounts, all for the purpose of creating targeted, digital advertising...
- 7/9/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
After the box office juggernaut “Avengers: Endgame,” The Russo Brothers have been keeping busy with the Tom Holland (“Spider-Man: Homecoming,” “The Impossible,” “The Heart of The Sea“) crime drama “Cherry” and are currently shooting the $200+ million budgeted Netflix spy action film “The Gray Man” led by Ryan Gosling (“Drive“) and Chris Evans (“Snowpiercer“).
Read More: The Russo Brothers Directing Chris Evans & Ryan Gosling In Netflix’s Most Expensive Film To Date, ‘The Gray Man’
The sibling duo is also producing a heap of films via their production company Agbo Films, and one project is a political tech drama about the real-life company Cambridge Analytica. Collider is reporting that that untitled project is looking to add Oscar winners Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything,” “Trial of The Chicago 7“) and director Peter Farrelly (“Green Book“), which would quickly place the move into the festival circuit and possibly lead to multiple awards consideration.
Read More: The Russo Brothers Directing Chris Evans & Ryan Gosling In Netflix’s Most Expensive Film To Date, ‘The Gray Man’
The sibling duo is also producing a heap of films via their production company Agbo Films, and one project is a political tech drama about the real-life company Cambridge Analytica. Collider is reporting that that untitled project is looking to add Oscar winners Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything,” “Trial of The Chicago 7“) and director Peter Farrelly (“Green Book“), which would quickly place the move into the festival circuit and possibly lead to multiple awards consideration.
- 7/9/2021
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
‘Avengers’ star, Paul Bettany is set to star in David Gordon Green’s upcoming feature based on the scandal surrounding Cambridge Analytica.
The drama will centre on the consultant Christopher Wylie, who was hired by Cambridge Analytica CEO, Alexander Nix, played by Bettany, to help lead the data collection initiative for the company which made headlines for its harvesting of Facebook-derived personal data without consent for political advertising purposes.
Whilst Gordon Green is at the helm, Bettany teams up once again with Joe and Anthony Russo who will serve as producers. Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely – the Russo brothers go to scribes – will pen the script.
Also in news – Movie release schedule takes a hit due to Coronavirus fears – ‘A Quiet Place 2’ and ‘Fast and Furious 9’ delayed
Bettany will be heading back to his role as Vision in the Disney+ series ‘Wandavision’ later in the year. He...
The drama will centre on the consultant Christopher Wylie, who was hired by Cambridge Analytica CEO, Alexander Nix, played by Bettany, to help lead the data collection initiative for the company which made headlines for its harvesting of Facebook-derived personal data without consent for political advertising purposes.
Whilst Gordon Green is at the helm, Bettany teams up once again with Joe and Anthony Russo who will serve as producers. Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely – the Russo brothers go to scribes – will pen the script.
Also in news – Movie release schedule takes a hit due to Coronavirus fears – ‘A Quiet Place 2’ and ‘Fast and Furious 9’ delayed
Bettany will be heading back to his role as Vision in the Disney+ series ‘Wandavision’ later in the year. He...
- 3/19/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Featuring: Brittany Kaiser, David Carroll, Paul-Olivier Dehaye, Julian Wheatland, Carole Cadwalladr, Ravi Naik, Paul Hilder, Christopher Wylie, Emma Graham-Harrison, Gill Phillips, Sarah Donaldson, Roger McNamee | Written by Karim Amer, Erin Barnett, Pedro Kos | Directed by Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim
It is becoming increasingly clear that Netflix is at its best within its market of original content when it crafts documentaries. The Great Hack, directed by duo Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim, reinforces said attribute tenfold with an eerie, informative and enlightening account with a subject matter on the world’s fastest-growing asset – consumer data. An extraordinary venture that begins with one man’s mission to gain his data back from a consumer and soon opens up a world that touches on firestorms ranging from political agendas and fraud, the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the infamous data scandal from Facebook.
The Great Hack is a deep and profound documentary that will...
It is becoming increasingly clear that Netflix is at its best within its market of original content when it crafts documentaries. The Great Hack, directed by duo Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim, reinforces said attribute tenfold with an eerie, informative and enlightening account with a subject matter on the world’s fastest-growing asset – consumer data. An extraordinary venture that begins with one man’s mission to gain his data back from a consumer and soon opens up a world that touches on firestorms ranging from political agendas and fraud, the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the infamous data scandal from Facebook.
The Great Hack is a deep and profound documentary that will...
- 8/2/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Exclusive: Chris Pine is attached to play iconic CBS newsman Walter Cronkite in Newsflash. This is the Ben Jacoby-scripted drama that takes place on November 22, 1963, the day President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Texas. Similar to the cultural atom-splitting moments captured in films like The Social Network, Newsflash covers the day that television network news came of age, and that Cronkite became the most trusted TV newsman voice of America. Even if he wasn’t first to announce the president had died (NBC did that).
Mark Ruffalo is still attached to play Don Hewitt, who was Cronkite’s producer and helped navigate the chaos in an unimaginably tragic day in America. The drama is being mobilized for a January start Greg Silverman’s Stampede, with Silverman producing with Adam Kolbrenner. Jacoby wrote a much admired script called The Ravine, a Chinatown-like look at how landowners were pushed...
Mark Ruffalo is still attached to play Don Hewitt, who was Cronkite’s producer and helped navigate the chaos in an unimaginably tragic day in America. The drama is being mobilized for a January start Greg Silverman’s Stampede, with Silverman producing with Adam Kolbrenner. Jacoby wrote a much admired script called The Ravine, a Chinatown-like look at how landowners were pushed...
- 8/1/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
NetflixThe Netflix documentary reveals the faces behind the Cambridge Analytica scandal that shook democracies around the world in March last year. Manasa RaoEven as you click to read this review of a Netflix documentary, your digital journey has come some length— from the time you activated the Wifi or data connection to opening your phone or laptop, to clicking on the link and scrolling— hopefully— to the end. The data trail or ‘digital footprint’ is the hottest commodity in the 21st century’s modern capitalist society. This is why The Great Hack chooses to focus on one of the most jarring scandals in recent history that exposed just how much the actions of one social media giant has hurt millions of people around the world and their hard-earned democracies. The Netflix documentary revolves around the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal that shook the world in March last year. Investigations by...
- 7/31/2019
- by Anjana
- The News Minute
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