DANICA KIRKA and GREGORY KATZ / The Associated PressMar 20, 2018
U.K. summons Mark Zuckerberg to testify in data-mining controversy; Trump-linked data firm suspends CEO Alexander Nix after a secretly recorded video is revealed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
BARBARA ORTUTAY and ANICK JESDANUN / The Associated PressMar 19, 2018
Computers analyze such data to look for patterns that might not be obvious, a technique a whistleblower says was used to learn about individuals and create an information cocoon to change their perceptions about the 2016 election. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Eric Ortiz / TruthdigMar 18, 2018
"This was the weapon that Steve Bannon wanted to build to fight his culture war," says Christopher Wylie, who helped target 50 million Americans during the 2016 election. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Juan Cole / Informed CommentMar 18, 2018
Donald Trump's conviction that being president means doing whatever the hell you please is likely to cause him legal trouble. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Gregory Glover / TruthdigMar 17, 2018
The social media site suspends Cambridge Analytica over a massive data breach that is reported to have targeted voters in the 2016 U.S. election. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Eleanor Goldfield / TruthdigFeb 25, 2018
The idea that a few unsophisticated Facebook ads created by Russian trolls swung a U.S. presidential election is ridiculous. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
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