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Understanding Facebook's data crisis: 5 essential reads

  • Written by Jeff Inglis, Science + Technology Editor, The Conversation US
What will Mark Zuckerberg say to Congress?AP Photo/Noah Berger

Most of Facebook’s 2 billion users have likely had their data collected by third parties, the company revealed April 4. That follows reports that 87 million users’ data were used to target online political advertising in the run-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

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