{"id":1401,"date":"2018-03-23T15:34:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T10:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2018-03-23T15:34:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T10:04:33","slug":"facebook-cambridge-analytica-data-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/news\/facebook-cambridge-analytica-data-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data leak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook\u00a0is facing scathing criticism following an expos\u00e9 that data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica mined a whopping 50 million profiles from the social networking site to plan campaigns for 2016 US elections and Brexit referendum. The data leaks scandal has forced Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to concede that the right steps were not taken and that they needed to ensure this does not recur.The scandal\u2019s ripple effect is also showing up in India, where mainstream political parties, the BJP and the Congress, are trading charges with each other for using the services of Cambridge Analytica to influence elections.<\/strong> At the same time, the Indian government has warned Facebook against any attempts to interfere in the country\u2019s electoral process. Here\u2019s a look at top 10 developments in the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data leaks.<\/p>\n

Cambridge Analytica and India connection<\/h2>\n

In India, BJP and Congress are accusing each other of having a connection with data firm Cambridge Analytica and its parent firm Strategic Communications Laboratories (SCL). \u201cWhy is the Congress in love with such firms? My question to the party is whether to win elections, Congress will depend on data manipulation and theft of data? What is the role of Cambridge Analytica in the social media profile of Rahul Gandhi,\u201d asked Ravi Shankar Prasad.<\/p>\n

He added whether Congress\u00a0would \u201cdepend on data manipulation and its theft to win elections.\u201d He alleged that the controversial firm was in talks with the Congress party for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.<\/p>\n

Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s apology on the Facebook Cambridge Analytica leaks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote a post on his personal page saying, \u201cWe have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can\u2019t then we don\u2019t deserve to serve you. I\u2019ve been working to understand exactly what happened and how to make sure this doesn\u2019t happen again. The good news is that the most important actions to prevent this from happening again today we have already taken years ago.<\/em>\u201d The Facebook CEO admitted the company had made mistakes and that they needed to do more to check them.
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\nZuckerberg wrote the whole incident \u201cwas also a breach of trust between Facebook and the people who share their data with us and expect us to protect it. We need to fix that.\u201d Zuckerberg also told\u00a0CNN<\/em>\u00a0that he was ready to testify before the US Congress if needed.<\/p>\n

Indian government\u2019s response to the Facebook data leaks<\/h2>\n

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Information and Technology, said any attempts by Facebook to influence India\u2019s electoral process through undesirable means will not be tolerated. \u201cIf need be, strong action will be taken. Let me make it very, very clear, we fully support freedom of press, speech and expression, we fully support free exchange of ideas on social media.
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\nBut any attempt, covert or overt, by social media, including Facebook, of trying to influence India\u2019s electoral process through undesirable means will neither be appreciated nor be tolerated,\u201d Prasad said.<\/p>\n

What will Facebook do next for data protection<\/h2>\n

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says they will\u00a0investigate all apps that had access to large amounts of information before the company changed its policies in 2014. Facebook will conduct a full audit of any app with suspicious activity and if something is found amiss, the developers concerned will be banned from the network.Facebook will also look if other developers have misused personally identifiable information, and if true, the social network will ban them. Facebook will also remove a developers\u2019 access to user data if someone has not used their app in last three months.<\/p>\n

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\nChristopher Wylie, a whistleblower who worked with the Cambridge University academic, has revealed key details on this whole system worked<\/p>\n

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