From being used as a platform to incite genocide, to privacy loopholes that give shadowy groups access to your data, here are some of Facebook's recent scandals.
Facebook has set aside $3bn dollars in anticipation of a fine by the US Federal Trade Commission over concerns that it violated user privacy.
Around 50 million users had their information accessed but instead of informing them, Facebook failed to tell them their privacy had been violated. It wasn’t just Cambridge Analytica using Facebook to influence political outcomes, but also governments, including Russia’s.
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