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Facebook's Zuckerberg to step up security features ahead of India polls

Zuckerberg breaks silence on crisis over Cambridge Analytica's access to FB user data

Facebook to step up security features ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls
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Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has said the social network is enhancing its security features to ensure the integrity of upcoming elections in countries like India on its platform.

Facebook is facing growing government scrutiny in Europe and the United States following allegations by a whistleblower that British political consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed users’ information to build profiles on American voters that were later used to help elect US President Donald Trump in 2016.

“I’m not sure we shouldn’t be regulated,” Zuckerberg told CNN. “I actually think the question is more what is the right regulation rather than

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