Cambridge Analytica: Zuckerberg to testify before US Congress

New York [USA], April 9 (ANI): Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the United States Congress on Monday regarding the massive data breach by the analytics company Cambridge Analytica.

Zuckerberg had earlier apologised for data breach and had said that the platform had made 'mistakes' as per media reports.

Later it was reported that there was a building pressure on Zuckerberg from lawmakers, media and public to testify in front of the Congress.

It has been reported that the social networking site Facebook had compromised with the personal data of over 87 million Facebook users to Cambridge Analytica.

Further Cambridge Analytica is accused of harvesting personal data of Facebook users to influence elections in several countries including the US presidential elections. (ANI)

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