Newspaper reports this month said Cambridge Analytics obtained information on more than 50 million Facebook users without their consent, and then lied about deleting it.
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It is certainly your prerogative to say goodbye to Facebook and uninstall any related apps (WhatsApp and Instagram included).
Cambridge Analytica denies any of the data acquired was used as part of the services it provided to the Trump campaign.
European officials also have also been investigating or seeking more information. However, it’s still unclear to some users how to access or change their privacy settings or see the data Facebook has about them.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly made a decision to testify before Congress in relation to the Cambridge Analytica scandal after repeated calls from politicians and the public.
Authorities in Britain have seized data from Cambridge Analytica in their investigation, and European Union officials have warned of consequences for Facebook.
A Facebook representative could not immediately be reached for comment.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Almost three months in, it’s a taller order than ever.
Playboy chief creative officer Cooper Hefner said the company deleted its Facebook page amid the ongoing data-breach scandal, saying the platform’s “sexually repressive” policies have long contradicted its values. He called the investigation “good news”.
However, its rules at the time allowed an app developed by an academic researcher, which was downloaded by an estimated 270,000 people, to take information from millions of their friends.
But the company hopes its 2.2 billion users will have an easier time navigating its complex and often confusing privacy and security settings. Facebook basically has this really detailed black book, and because they know all these things about you, like all the phone numbers you’ve ever had, they’re able to connect you with anyone you’ve ever communicated with. “With the information we have now, our trust has been broken”.
“If it is ever the case that I am the most informed person at Facebook in the best position to testify, I will happily do that”, Zuckerberg told Thompson in an interview with WIRED. “Our internal review of the situation continues and we look forward to responding”. In addition, Facebook is also facing widespread criticism for collecting years of contact names, telephone numbers and call and text histories from Android users.
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Selsky reported from Salem, Oregon.
