Facebook users ask ‘Where’s Zuck?’ as billionaire boss goes missing amid Cambridge Analytica scandal
FURIOUS Facebook users are asking why billionaire boss Mark Zuckerberg seems to have disappeared off the face of the planet during a major scandal.
The hashtag #WheresZuck is now trending on Twitter, as the world wonders why the 33-year-old has failed to respond to a data breach that saw the personal info of 50 million Facebook users harvested to create political propaganda.
Over the weekend, The Guardian revealed that London data firm Cambridge Analytica had been given access to info on millions on Facebook users.
The data had been hoovered up by a rogue app disguised as a personality quiz.
Nearly 300,000 users responded, handing over their personal info – but the app also nabbed details about ALL of their Facebook friends too.
This was reportedly used to help Donald Trump become US president, and to boost the Brexit campaign in 2016.
Critics are now asking why Facebook didn't do more to protect users. So, where's Zuck?
Facebook Data Breach – what happened?
Here's what you need to know...
- A personality quiz app obtained data for 270,000 willing Facebook users
- But it also sucked up info on all of their Facebook friends
- That meant the app caught data for around 50-60 million users
- This data was reportedly sold on to UK research firm Cambridge Analytica
- Cambridge Analytica helps politicians and lobby groups create propaganda
- The data was supposedly used to boost the Brexit campaign and get Trump into the White House
- Facebook is said to have known about the data breach since 2015
- The social network asked companies with the data to delete it, but didn't enforce the rule
- The Guardian revealed the incident in an exposé thanks to Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie
- There are now serious questions about whether Facebook has broken laws by giving up this data
Well, Zuckerberg's most recent post to Facebook was on March 2.
It was a photo of the billionaire and his wife Priscilla showing off some baked goods in celebration of Purim, a Jewish holiday.
He also has an account on Facebook-owned Instagram, but he's equally quiet there.
His latest post was the exact same one he put on Facebook on March 2, although he submitted it to Instagram a day later.
Despite being a social media titan, the Facebook founder doesn't have much of a presence elsewhere online.
He's nowhere to be found on Twitter, and he's not rocking a public Snapchat account either.
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We've asked Facebook's press office if they have any information about the whereabouts of Mark Zuckerberg, and we'll update this article with any response.
Have you seen Zuck lately? Do you know where he's been hiding? Let us know in the comments!
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