PODCAST | All you need to know about the Facebook data breach and Zuckerberg’s views

The podcast talks about what Cambridge Analytica (CA), the company accused of breaching Facebook user data and using it in their software to predict vote behaviour. The breach is said to have affected 50 million Facebook users.

Christopher Wylie, blew the whistle and brought to light how CA collected and harvested user data. CA was allegedly part of United States President Donald Trump’s election campaign and may have even helped him win the election in November 2016.

Facebook however claims that it is not a data breach by Cambridge Analytica as the social media giant regularly allows organisations to access user data for ‘academic purposes’ and that users consent to such access when they log-in to their Facebook account.

However, Facebook prohibits data to be passed on, transferred or sold to any advertising network, data network or any monetisation related services.

The alleged scandal may also have far-reaching effects in Indian politics as well.