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The countries that trust Facebook the most are also the most vulnerable to its mistakes

  • Written by Bhaskar Chakravorti, Senior Associate Dean, International Business & Finance, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Every month, over two billion people worldwide log into Facebook.hxdbzxy/shutterstock.com

The latest shoe has dropped on Facebook: Private data on 50 million users found its way to a shadowy research outfit, Global Science Research, and then on to Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm launched by former White House adviser Steve Bannon.

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