Facebook's data privacy scandal has driven many to contemplate ditching the social network for good. WSJ's Katherine Bindley explains how, and suggests some non-permanent alternatives. Photo illustration: iStockThis week’s uproar over Facebook Inc. started years ago, with the mishandling of user data. Now that incident, and what followed, is at the center of a debate over how well the world’s largest social network protects its trove of user data. The crisis arose from news that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm with ties to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, had improperly accessed data on tens of millions of Facebook users.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 23, 2018 12:01 UTC