Facebook reveals data scraping as scandal hits millions more users
Last month we revealed 50 million Facebook profiles could have been harvested by Cambridge Analytica, the political strategists who boasted of helping Donald Trump become president.
Now Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that figure could be 87 million, and also – every single user – that is roughly 2.2 billion people – could have had their data “scraped off” by third parties.
In the UK the Information Commissioner announced that thirty organisations, including Facebook, are being investigated over the use of data for political purposes. In the US Mark Zuckerburg said that he remains the best person to run Facebook – and he’s the man coming to Washington next week to explain his company’s mishandling of users’ information – so he remains the public face of this scandal that seems to get worse by the day
In the UK the Information Commissioner announced that thirty organisations, including Facebook, are being investigated over the use of data for political purposes. In the US Mark Zuckerburg said that he remains the best person to run Facebook – and he’s the man coming to Washington next week to explain his company’s mishandling of users’ information – so he remains the public face of this scandal that seems to get worse by the day
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