Facebook is clouded with gray clouds. The cause is a data leak of 50 million Facebook users allegedly committed by Cambridge Analytica, a British political consultant.
Facebook user data leak allegedly through quizzes that are scattered on social networking sites. Cambridge Analytica's data scientist Aleksandr Kogan is accused of being the 'theft' actor.
The Cambridge Analytica action is considered controversial as the data they take is suspected of being used for political purposes, ranging from EU referendum campaigns in the United Kingdom to Donald Trump's campaign.
>The Cambridge Analytica scandal, which involves the theft of personal data on Facebook usage, triggered the rise of the popularity of the #DeleteFacebook tag on Twitter since Tuesday, March 20, 2018. The tagar was first billed by one of the founders of WhatsApp, Brian Acton, of a Twitter account on his behalf which has not been verified.
>The #DeleteFacebook tagline has almost touched the number 1,000 times its first post-twit upload on Tuesday night US time, or the morning of western Indonesia time.
# Upon this Facebook incident, there are a number of surprising facts behind it.
**1.Mark Zuckerberg's wealth lost Rp 123 trillion**
Without a word about the leaked Facebook user's personal data, Mark Zuckerberg turned out to have suffered a miserable fate. The husband of Priscilla Chan must be willing to lose as much as USD 5 billion or equivalent to Rp 68.7 trillion on Monday.
>The decline in the value of his wealth does not necessarily stop at that figure. On Tuesday, Mark's fortune dropped by at least USD 4 billion or about Rp 55 trillion. In fact, it's only a day later than the news revealed the leak of Facebook data.
In the meantime, the position of this technology tycoon must also slip on the list of the world's richest people. If previously Mark Zuckerberg perched in position 4, now he must be willing to fall ranked 6th.
**2.Make a loss, Facebook is required shareholders**
Investors demand Facebook in the aftermath of a data leak scandal by Cambridge Analytica. As a result of this case, the value of up plunging almost reached USD 50 billion this week.
>Fan Yuan, one of Facebook's investors, filed a lawsuit in a San Francisco court yesterday. This demand is followed by a number of other undisclosed investors who have bought Facebook shares since February 3, 2017 until March 19, 2018.
The suit says that Facebook has committed statements and missteps. Facebook is also claimed not to announce to shareholders the policy of accessing data billions of users to third parties.
>"As a result of the actions and negligence of the defendant, as well as the decline in the value of the company's shares, the plaintiff and other members have suffered significant losses," the suit writes.
**3.The decline of Facebook shares dragged belongs to Twitter Cs**
Shares of social media firm Facebook slumped almost three percent during the close of trade Tuesday local time. The decline in value of Facebook shares so far has made the company lost valuation of USD 49.4 billion or Rp 679.92 trillion (Rp 13,763 per USD).
>Facebook's image in the eyes of investors declined after Cambridge Analytica claimed to have access to 50 million Facebook users to influence the vote in the United States Presidential election in 2016.
The decline in the value of Facebook shares also affect the shares of technology companies and other social media. Twitter shares reported slumped 10 percent while Snapchat's parent company, Snap Inc. lost three percent.
**4.Facebook quiz alleged to be a leaked tool**
Facebook allegedly steals user privacy data for the sake of third parties. The data theft is done through quizzes that often appear on Facebook applications, such as how to know the personality of a person, sustenance, until when the mate came.
>Apparently, such quizzes have data security issues. The reason, the quiz involves a third party who will be given access to user data. One was given to Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm accused of exploiting 50 million Facebook users.
Polemic about the quiz that circulated on Facebook has long been called problematic. The reason, a number of quiz Facebook is used to deceive people to get their personal information and make money from it.
>The information was disclosed by the Managing Director of Siber Security at Florida Center, Sri Sridharan. According to him, this kind of quiz does not seem to be harmless, but it's never known who actually asked for the information.
**5.Cambridge Analytica has been involved in Indonesian elections**
British political consultant, Cambridge Analytica, is in the vortex of controversy in many countries, due to allegations of scandal of personal data theft of Facebook users.
>Referring to the performance records used on his official website, Cambridge Analytica said he had been active in Indonesia in the 1999 election.
However, it is not written who the client is using his services, but the mention that they once worked for a major party in the post-geger reform elections.
>However, Cambridge Analytica writes several indicators that complicate the manufacturing process in Indonesia, such as large populations, various languages, and economic economics that still leave enough problems.
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