Facebook has assured the Indonesian government that personal data of about its citizens had not been improperly accessed by political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
Indonesia minister of communications had earlier threatened to shut down Facebook in Indonesia if it finds out personal data of citizens are being used.
But in a response, Facebook said it had only indicated the number of Indonesian users “who could potentially have had their data accessed, not necessarily misused.
Recently the social media giant has faced intense scrutiny, including multiple official investigations in the United States, Europe and Australia, over allegations of improper use of data for 87 million Facebook users by Cambridge Analytica.
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