Facebook Detects 'Sophisticated' Efforts To Disrupt 2018 Midterm Elections
Facebook said it has uncovered "sophisticated" efforts, possibly linked to Russia, to influence U.S. politics on its platforms.
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Facebook said it has uncovered "sophisticated" efforts, possibly linked to Russia, to influence U.S. politics on its platforms.
Facebook lost about $119 billion of its value on Thursday, marking the biggest one-day loss in U.S. market history.
Facebook is suspending about 200 apps that it believes may have misused data.
Zuckerberg testified to a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees, answering questions about privacy and politics.
Facebook is under fire for one privacy crisis, but its founders' history has not always helped its cause.
Facebook users are supposed to start learning whether or not they are one of the 87 million whose data was compromised in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but so far it doesn't seem like anyone has received a notification.
Facebook says as many as 87 million people may have had their data accessed in the Cambridge Analytica scandal — an increase from the 50 million disclosed in published reports.
A whistleblower says Cambridge Analytica used personal data from an estimated 50 million Facebook users to help the Trump campaign.
The social media site is facing new questions about collecting phone numbers and text messages from Android devices while it continues to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
"We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can't then we don't deserve to serve you," Zuckerberg posted on Facebook Wednesday.
The data firm Cambridge Analytica is accused of improperly accessing the personal information of 50 million Facebook users.
