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The backlash that never happened: New data shows people actually increased their Facebook usage after the Cambridge Analytica scandal
Jake Kanter
Facebook weathered the worst of the Cambridge Analytica data storm and actually increased usage, according to figures cited by Goldman Sachs.
Deutsche Bank also found that Facebook's purge of 583 million fake accounts had "little to no impact on audience reach."
It seems the #deleteFacebook backlash never really arrived.
The data will give CEO Mark Zuckerberg confidence as he prepares for a crunch week, in which he will be grilled by top EU lawmakers.
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Jake Kanter
Facebook weathered the worst of the Cambridge Analytica data storm and actually increased usage, according to figures cited by Goldman Sachs.
Deutsche Bank also found that Facebook's purge of 583 million fake accounts had "little to no impact on audience reach."
It seems the #deleteFacebook backlash never really arrived.
The data will give CEO Mark Zuckerberg confidence as he prepares for a crunch week, in which he will be grilled by top EU lawmakers.
...
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New data shows people actually increased their Facebook usage after the Cambridge Analytica scandal (Original Post)
sl8
May 2018
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lunasun
(21,646 posts)1. Big Data designed it just for them . They can't quit it now
Moostache
(11,094 posts)2. The world is well an truly fooked ... NO ONE CARES. Period. (n/t)
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)3. Well that's interesting. I just saw an ad for facebook
on a cable show I was watching this morning. I closed my account.