Up to 311,127 Australian Facebook users may have had harvested data passed on to Cambridge Analytica
Facebook has this morning revealed that more than 300,000 Australian users of its service may have had their information improperly shared with controversial digital consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
The company said that it estimates a maximum of 311,127 local Facebook users could have seen some of their data harvested and passed on to Cambridge Analytica.
Zuckerberg: “It’s my responsibility – I started the place and I run it.”
Facebook went on the front foot with founder Mark Zuckerberg fronting an hour-long press conference this morning in which he took responsibility for looser security settings in the past and promised to do better in the future.
“Up to” this very exact number
The information was used for US elections, so few Australians were affected at all.
Bernard you have not the faintest clue what this data was used for.
Nor does anyone else.
Relaaax. Facebook doesn’t know what your porn habits are. That’s only for Google and your ISP to know.