Facebook says Cambridge Analytica got data on up to 87 million users

Facebook has a massive data scandal on its hands, and it just got bigger. 

Facebook said Wednesday that data from 87 million users, mostly in the United States, was accessed by the Trump-aligned firm Cambridge Analytica. Previous reports indicated that the number was around 50 million.

The revelation was shoved at the bottom of a wordy blog post on Facebook’s plan to further restrict access to its data in the wake of this scandal. It was written by Mike Schroepfer, Facebook’s chief technology officer.

The social network also revealed it would inform affected users on Monday, April 9.  Read more…

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