Facebook And Mark Zuckerberg To Start Being Straight About Cambridge Analytica Debacle

The Cambridge Analytica scandal has really forced Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg to step up their game. The social network has recently decided to start informing users if their data had been one of the over 80 million that was improperly obtained by the data analytics firm. At the same time, Zuckerberg is going to Washington to talk about all the important bits about the debacle.

At this point, Facebook is just about scrambling to cover all fronts that have opened up due to the recent strings of privacy-related incidents following the main one caused by Cambridge Analytica. So in an attempt to at least mitigate the damage, it seems the social network has decided to be more transparent for a change. As The Verge pointed out, though, it’s three years too late.

With this problem starting in 2015, Facebook should have started notifying affected users right away that their data was being siphoned to be used in an internet psychological warfare to get Donald Trump elected as POTUS. It decided not to do this, however, and now it’s come back to haunt them big time.

According to a spokesperson for Facebook, the notifications will start reaching affected users starting today. Once it does, it will essentially tell users just how this new development has affected them via a link and how their data was compromised in the first place.

The social network’s boss will also be going to Washington to answer some fairly intense questions with regards to this particular debacle, as well. Ahead of the session, Zuckerberg released some details as to what exactly he will be talking about, the BBC reports.

It seems the focus of his testimony will be about the Cambridge Analytica issue, the Russian election interference in the 2016 presidential elections, and what Facebook is doing to prevent such things from happening in the future. Apparently, the company is now investing in new security measures to address these matters.