Facebook Scandal: Cambridge Analytica Data Leak May Have Hit 87 Million Users
About 5 lakh Indian facebook users personal data was "improperly" shared with British political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of India has written a letter to Facebook seeking information over the issue of data leak from the social media the platform.In the letter, the ministry posed a series of questions to Facebook —
"Whether personal data of Indian voters and users has been compromised by CA?"
"Whether Facebook or its related or downstream agencies utilizing Facebook’s data have previously been engaged by any entities to manipulate the Indian electoral process?"
Chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer wrote in a blog post that Up to 87 million people may have affected in this scandal.By Previous estimation, it was said just over 50 million users had been affected by Cambridge Analytica accessing data.In usa A total of 70,632,350 people's data was shared with the political consultancy, which worked on Donald Trump's presidential campaign while 1.79 million users were in the UK.
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg called it a "huge mistake, it's my mistake".He said in a conference call with reporters that Facebook had not seen “any meaningful impact” on usage or ad sales since the scandal. He also added that, “it’s not good” if people are unhappy with the company.
Facebook shares were down 1.4% on Wednesday to $153.90 (£108).They are down more than 16% since the Cambridge Analytics scandal broke on 19 March.Facebook is taking steps to restrict the personal data available to third-party app developers.
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of India has written a letter to Facebook seeking information over the issue of data leak from the social media the platform.In the letter, the ministry posed a series of questions to Facebook —
"Whether personal data of Indian voters and users has been compromised by CA?"
"Whether Facebook or its related or downstream agencies utilizing Facebook’s data have previously been engaged by any entities to manipulate the Indian electoral process?"
Chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer wrote in a blog post that Up to 87 million people may have affected in this scandal.By Previous estimation, it was said just over 50 million users had been affected by Cambridge Analytica accessing data.In usa A total of 70,632,350 people's data was shared with the political consultancy, which worked on Donald Trump's presidential campaign while 1.79 million users were in the UK.
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg called it a "huge mistake, it's my mistake".He said in a conference call with reporters that Facebook had not seen “any meaningful impact” on usage or ad sales since the scandal. He also added that, “it’s not good” if people are unhappy with the company.
Facebook shares were down 1.4% on Wednesday to $153.90 (£108).They are down more than 16% since the Cambridge Analytics scandal broke on 19 March.Facebook is taking steps to restrict the personal data available to third-party app developers.
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