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October 26, 2018 12:41 am PDT

EU Parliament demands Facebook audit after breach hits 87 million users

MEPs in European Parliament want Facebook to submit to a full audit by European Union bodies to determine whether the U.S. based social media company adequately protects users personal data. The demand made in the form of an EU resolution adopted Thursday, October 25, 2018, follows the company's recent breach scandal, in which data belonging to 87 million Facebook users around the world were improperly obtained and misused.

The Parliament resolution also recommends Facebook make additional changes to combat election interference asserting the company has not just breached the trust of European users but indeed EU law.

Excerpt from the announcement of the resolution, 'Facebook-Cambridge Analytica: MEPs demand action to protect citizens privacy':

Electoral laws need to be updated to reflect the new digital reality Member states should investigate alleged misuse of online political spaces by foreign forces As follow-up action to the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, MEPs call for a full audit on Facebook and new measures against election meddling.

In a resolution adopted on Thursday, MEPs urge Facebook to allow EU bodies to carry out a full audit to assess data protection and security of users personal data, following the scandal in which the data of 87 million Facebook users was improperly obtained, and misused.

MEPs say that Facebook did not only breach the trust of EU citizens, but indeed EU law. They recommend that Facebook make changes to its platform to comply with EU data protection law.

Measures against election manipulation

MEPs note that the data obtained by Cambridge Analytica may have been used for political purposes, by both sides in the UK referendum on membership of the EU and to target voters during the 2016 American presidential election.

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