Author: Vitaliy Dadalyan

U.S. Republican lawmakers concerned by Facebook data leak

Several U.S. Republican lawmakers expressed concern over privacy violations on Sunday after media reports that a political consultancy that worked on President Donald Trump's campaign gained inappropriate access to 50 million Facebook users' data. Republican Senator Marco Rubio said he believed some internet companies have grown too fast to digest their responsibilities and obligations. Senator Rand Paul was asked whether people can trust companies like Facebook in the wake of the report about Cambridge Analytica taking data.


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Putin Wins a Fourth Term. All Downhill From Here?

Mar.18 -- No stunner. Russian President Vladimir Putin won a record fourth term in office Sunday but the weights of U.S. sanctions, a weaker ruble and falling oil prices - in addition to missed targets for rises in state salaries, labor productivity and capital investment - are pressuring his economy. Ramy Inocencio reports on the 2018 election results and challenges that await Vladimir Putin over his next six years.


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