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Scrutiny falls on Facebook following reports of data harvesting for Trump campaign

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Following The Guardian breaking this story over the weekend, concern has grown over how this happened and why nothing was done earlier to rectify the issue. #DeleteFacebook is trending with many users understandably angry over how their data was allegedly harvested and used to influence political elections.


What do you think should be done, firstly to rectify this issue and secondly to prevent things like this happening in future?
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    Excellent analysis, Richard Bloxam-Rose‍. I think you've pretty much hit the nail on the head with everything you've said. The media love a story like this because they know it causes widespread panic (regardless of the actual level of risk from the security breach)


    Just to be clear, I am security focused and I'm certainly not condoning the actions of Facebook or Cambridge Analytics because I don't know the full details, but I don't like scaremongering either :)
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    Excellent analysis, Richard Bloxam-Rose‍. I think you've pretty much hit the nail on the head with everything you've said. The media love a story like this because they know it causes widespread panic (regardless of the actual level of risk from the security breach)


    Just to be clear, I am security focused and I'm certainly not condoning the actions of Facebook or Cambridge Analytics because I don't know the full details, but I don't like scaremongering either :)
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