Facebook said the data of 87m people, mainly US citizens, may have been improperly shared by the Cambridge Analytica research firm.
This is Facebook's first official confirmation of the possible scope of leakage, which previously was estimated at around 50 million people.
Still, Facebook's statement is not official, but the likelihood that the company prepares the audience for a spectacular offshoot is very big. Next week, Mark Zuckerberg will testify to Congress, and investors and consumers expect to know exactly how it came to this. Of course, everyone will turn their attention to the dry figures and if it turns out that the 50 or 87m euros in question. people are only the beginning, the SELL button in front of the traders will be really up to date.
Meanwhile, the company's shares have seen a slight increase, but mainly because of the growth of indices and technology companies. Restoring the indices alone will not increase the credibility of the company and I do not expect the growth to stay.
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