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The World Tonight: Politicians Decry Facebook's Handling of User Data

Politicians Decry Facebook's Handling of User Data

19/03/2018

BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, Politicians Decry Facebook's Handling of User Data

A look at whether Facebook let Cambridge Analytica exploit the data of 50 million users.

A look at whether Facebook let British company Cambridge Analytica exploit the data of 50 million users.

A big fall in its share price, questions in the House of Commons and a search warrant for a British consultancy firm after revelations that Facebook allowed the data of millions of users to be exploited for political gain. What is going on with the world's biggest social media company? Britain and the EU reach agreement on a transitional period after Brexit - but some business leaders say it's too short - and there's been an angry reaction in the fishing industry in Scotland. And President Trump calls for drug traffickers to face the death penalty, as part of his plan to combat the opioid epidemic in the US. But will his plan work?

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