Facebook

Facebook is a multi-billion dollar social networking platform created by Mark Zuckerburg.

History
The first iteration of Facebook created around 2004 from there, the site grew into one of the most influential sites on the net with over two billion active users. The site has been the center of much controversy over the years but its biggest one might be a data scandal involving millions of user's private information being used with malicious intent.

The Facebook Cambridge Analytica Scandal
The Facebook Cambridge Analytica Scandal had begun since 2014 but the public just found out about it recently. It was recorded that 87million Facebook users had their information shared with Cambridge Analytica without their permission. Cambridge Analytica is a British political firm which firm which combines data brokerage, data analysis with strategic communication for electoral purposes. This firm helped Donald Trump to become the 45th President of the United States.

Facebook has faced a lot of backlash because of the amount of data shared with this firm and other advertisement agencies. Mark Zuckerburg, CEO of Facebook, was summoned by Congress for a hearing which lasted for two days (April 10th - April 11th).

It goes to say that companies which hold numerous amounts of data about every individual cannot be trusted. Users of their platform feel comfortable sharing their day-to-day activities with friends and families, unknown to them that the information is being analyzed by some other company whose goal isn't about user privacy but the sole aim of making money with their data.