Answer to Question #249522 in Management for Khanyi

Question

In 2018 the guardian and the new york times reported on the misuse of personal data by Facebook. This lead to serious economic and political consequences.
A.what was uncovered by two articles
B.what was reaction of Facebook and what was the fallout after misuse of personal data because public

Answer 1

A. The articles uncovered Cambridge Analytica obtained personal data from Facebook from millions of users for political reasons, causing a massive data breach.

B. Facebook denied the allegations and suspended Cambridge Analytica and Kogan due to misuse of data. The revelation triggered widespread outrage; the government and the people demanded answers and termed the company to be lacking transparency and violated the law of data security and protection. This placed the company in a critical position and ruined its image. More than 500 million users’ data were compromised and left them vulnerable to attack.