By CBS News
A full year after the Cambridge Analytica scandal pushed Facebook’s data-gathering practices into the spotlight, the social network is still struggling to show it can take users’ privacy seriously while maintaining substantial profits — $22 billion on $56 billion in revenue last year — that rely on selling user access to advertisers. Investigations that started in the wake of Cambridge continue, and legal challenges have multiplied, accusing Facebook of ignoring its most controversial impacts on society in a push to boost its bottom line.

A full year after the Cambridge Analytica scandal pushed Facebook’s data-gathering practices into the spotlight, the social network is still struggling to show it can take users’ privacy seriously while maintaining substantial profits — $22 billion on $56 billion in revenue last year — that rely on selling user access to advertisers. Investigations that started in the wake of Cambridge continue, and legal challenges have multiplied, accusing Facebook of ignoring its most controversial impacts on society in a push to boost its bottom line.
Here is a running update of Facebook’s status on matters of data privacy and its various legal dealings with state, federal and private parties.
Cracking down on hate speech
Facebook is banning white separatism and white nationalism from its network, the company said Wednesday. It’s the most sweeping move against supremacist ideologies the company has taken.
“Today we’re announcing a ban on praise, support and representation of white nationalism and separatism on Facebook and Instagram, which we’ll start enforcing next week. It’s clear that these concepts are deeply linked to organized hate groups and have no place on our services,” Facebook announced in a blog post.