Question

Please provide some examples in a bulleted list to address some of the concerns that users AND advertisers have with the recent Cambridge Analytica Facebook breach.

Answer 1

The concerns that users and advertisers have with Facebook after the disclosure of the recent Cambridge Analytica breach are:-.

1. Users have concerns that their private data is being collected by third-party app developers for the Facebook platform.

2. Users do not have the option to opt out of these services and therefore cannot do anything regarding this problem.

3. Users have concerns over their data being used outside Facebook's own systems architecture.

4. Both users and advertisers have issues with Facebook's inability to be aware of such actions and the threat it poses.

5. Advertisers are concerned with Facebook's privacy policies that are in place and their reputation as a brand.

6. Advertisers have concerns that this incident will cause doubts in the mind of the people to interact with the service Facebook provides making the advertisements unfruitful.