Vietnam among top 10 countries affected by Cambridge Analytica scandal
Vietnam is among top 10 countries in which information of Facebook users may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, according to Facebook chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer.
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Vietnam is among top10 countries in which information of Facebook users may have been improperlyshared with Cambridge Analytica, according to Facebook chief technology officerMike Schroepfer.
Cambridge Analytica, a UK-based data collection and analysis company, wasreported on March 19 to have wrongly collected information and data from about50 million Facebook users around the world.
Mike confirmed in his April 4 post on Facebook Newsroom the total number ofFacebook users affected by the case has reached 87 million. The case hasstunned the world in general and damaged Facebook in particular in regards ofits share price and reputation in recent weeks.
In Mike’s post, Vietnam ranks ninth of the 10 countries in the list withmore than 427,000 Facebook users that have unwillingly shared their personaldata and information with Cambridge Analytica.
The top country is the US with more than 70.6 million users, followedby the Philippines (nearly 1.2 million), Indonesia andthe UK (nearly 1.1 million each). Australia is the bottomone with around 311,000 users.
To improve the situation, Mike said Facebook will remove the authorisation ofAPI apps, a software intermediary that lets two applications connect, fromgetting access to users’ personal data and information public in groups, pages,events, and call and text history.
In addition, Facebook on April 9 will “show people a link at the top of theirnews feed so they can see what apps they use – and the information they haveshared with those apps,” Mike said.
“People will also be able to remove apps that they no longer want. As part ofthis process, we will also tell people if their information may have beenimproperly shared with Cambridge Analytica.”
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has denied claims alluding to his potentialresignation as the head of Facebook amid the Cambridge Analytica case, but saidthat he takes full responsibility. -VNA
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