Read more: A growing list of reasons to unfriend FacebookArticle Continued BelowUnfriended: Users are breaking up with Facebook Facebook really wants to win its users back Regulatory authorities are starting to focus on the data misappropriation, triggering a 9 per cent decline in Facebook’s normally high-flying stock since Monday. The furor over Cambridge Analytica, the data mining firm accused of stealing Facebook data, follows a bad year in which Facebook acknowledged helping spread fake news and propaganda from Russian agents. It also comes less than three months after CEO Mark Zuckerberg told the world that he would devote the year to fixing Facebook. But it is precisely in Facebook’s interest to make users feel Facebook is the only place to connect with others. “It’s more and more difficult for people to feel plugged in if you’re not on Facebook,” Ajunwa said.

Source: thestar March 20, 2018 23:03 UTC