Facebook now says up to 87 million users' data improperly shared
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Facebook has sharply increased the number of users whose data it says may have been improperly shared with the data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica – from up to 50 million to now up to 87MM + people - most of them in the U.S.
The revelation Wednesday came in a Facebook release that detailed its other plans to restrict data access and shortly after word that CEO Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to testify before a House panel next week – heeding calls from lawmakers to explain Facebook’s role in the 2016 election and subsequent privacy crisis.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee announced Wednesday that Zuckerberg will testify in person on April 11.
Lawmakers want Zuckerberg to explain reports that Cambridge Analytica allegedly misused Facebook data from user profiles. Cambridge Analytica did work for the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election, but a spokesperson for the Trump campaign told ABC News in a statement that the campaign used the RNC for its voter data and not Cambridge Analytica.
“Using the RNC data was one of the best choices the campaign made. Any claims that voter data were used from another source to support the victory in 2016 are false,” the statement said.
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