Facebook and Cambridge Analytica had harvested data of around 87 million Facebook users in 2018.

The official website of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a blog by Facebook's chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer confirms the claim.

The official website of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a blog by Facebook's chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer confirms the claim.The document Georgetown Law Technology Review released by the Federal Trade Commission's official website, (Ref. page no 7) under the Collection and Control over Personal Data states that the data firm, Cambridge Analytica, was allowed to collect data on 87 million unwitting Facebook users.

Facebook's chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer states in a blog post on 4 April 2018, that the Facebook information of up to 87 million people, mostly in the United States, may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica.

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