SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice

Estimated number of users affected by Cambridge Analytica scandal up from 50 to 87 million

Brussels, 05/04/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 4 April, the major US social network giant, Facebook, confirmed that it is in fact 87 million users, instead of the 50 million announced in the press, that had their data used by the Cambridge Analytica company.

Although the vast majority of accounts affected (81.6%) are American users, Europeans have not been spared.

The country included in the list of those most affected and mentioned by the social network is the United Kingdom, with more than a million affected....