Editor's Pick: Facebook Faces Multiple Government Probes in Massive Data Scandal

Facebook Faces Multiple Government Probes in Massive Data Scandal

David Jones Mar 20, 2018 9:42 AM PT
	EU, UK and U.S. officials have ratcheted up the pressure on Facebook over a user data scandal that threatens to engulf the company. The president of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, summed up the stakes in a tweet on Tuesday: "Facebook needs to clarify before the representatives of 500 million Europeans that personal data is not being used to manipulate democracy." [More...]

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