The European Commission on Thursday called on Facebook to “cooperate fully” with investigators into the scandal over the harvesting of personal data of millions of users which were then shared with the British political consultancy, Cambridge Analytica. Facebook has admitted up to 2.7 million people in the EU may have been caught in the scandal. Confirming that a telephone conversation took place earlier on Thursday, Jourova said that she “urged Facebook to fully cooperate with the European investigators, also on the highest level from the company.”The discussion with Sandberg had been “constructive and open,” Jourova said. “I urged Facebook to take all the necessary steps to mitigate any potential negative consequences for the users in the future. I was informed that Facebook is planning an extensive audit on all those apps, but that it will take a long time,” Jourova said.

Source: Manila Times April 12, 2018 21:56 UTC