Facebook said on Sunday it was conducting a "comprehensive internal and external review" to determine if the personal data of 50 million users that was reported to be misused by a political consultant still existed. The company said in a statement that it was trying to determine the accuracy of allegations that a researcher gave the firm Cambridge Analytica inappropriately obtained Facebook user data starting in 2014. Aleksandr Kogan requested and gained access to information from users who chose to sign up to his app, and everyone involved gave their consent. The statement further adds that Facebook is constantly working to improve everyone’s safety and experience. “In the past five years, we have made significant improvements in our ability to detect and prevent violations by app developers.

Source: dna March 19, 2018 05:35 UTC