Topic: Facebook Scandal

CBS's 60 Minutes interviewed Aleksandr Kogan, the researcher who collected Facebook data for Cambridge Analytica. Kogan explained that his app used a standard Facebook feature to access the data of tens of millions of users' friends without their explicit consent. He noted that tens of thousands of developers used this same "feature" for years, and that Facebook was fully aware of the capability.

The European Court of Justice strikes down the Safe Harbor Agreement, giving U.S. tech companies three months to negotiate a new deal for transferring data from the EU. This ruling specifically impacts Facebook's ability to analyze European user data in the United States. Simultaneously, the Volkswagen emissions scandal deepens with reports that the company used multiple versions of "defeat devices" over a prolonged period to fool regulators.