Facebook admitted that it is collecting data when users are not in the platform

This was through a blog post published by the company. At the heart of a personal data scandal, Facebook admitted to collecting information about its users and their activities outside of the social network. This happened through a company blog post where David Beaser, Product Product Manager at Facebook, describes how the social network uses its "marketing resources," France Press reports.From the article, it becomes clear that when a person visits a site or an application using Facebook services, the social network receives information even if the user has previously exited their social networking account. Among the collected data are the IP address, Internet browser (Chrome, Sfari, Explorer, etc.) or the device's operating system (Windows, Android, iOS, etc.).

Through these ways to collect 'data from other websites or apps', Facebook measures the impact of advertising ads on both the social network and beyond. For example, Facebook collects information when a user clicks the "Like" or "Shared" button on another site (for example, a news article) or logs in to a site or application through their social login login and password. Facebook collects information from ads on other platforms as long as they belong to companies that are part of the giant's advertisers network. So the social network gathers information and if someone clicks on any such paid message.

"We require sites and apps that use our resources to tell you that they are collecting information, and that they share it with us, and we ask them to ask for permission," said David Baiser.

Using a third-party application offered on Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, UK, has grown to dozens of millions of users of the largest social network in the world without their knowledge

Zuckerberg was "impoverished" by $ 6 billion due to scandalous data leakage on Facebook

The news of the scandalous data leak of about 50 million Facebook accounts has brought a lot of headaches to the company, but it has also materially affected its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. According to CNBC, the co-founder of the social network has lost over $ 6 billion in shares just a day.

The allegations of abuse in the largest social network have raised the institutions of the foot. The European Parliament has announced that it will investigate whether the Cambridge analytics firm, hired by Donald Trumpe during its election campaign, has misused consumer data to target political messages.

The news of the leak has attracted the attention of global media in recent days, and it has also logically affected investors. Facebook shares collapsed 7% during Monday's trading. This is precisely why Zuckerberg has been "impoverished". However, he has approximately 403 million shares in Facebook worth some 68.5 billion dollars. So the CEO of the company remains in 4th place according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index and the 6th in the Forbes rating. 

As for Facebook, the company has lost $ 35 billion in market value on the first day of the week, with its capitalization estimated at around $ 502 billion.

Scandalous discoveries alongside Cambridge Analytica have inevitably put Facebook in a negative light. The company, however, points out that "the claim that this is a violation of personal data is totally false" and that "no systems have been infiltrated". 

Meanwhile, it became clear that Facebook Security Officer Alex Stamos is leaving his post in the company. The news was first reported by the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, where Stamos' objection was raised as to how the organization responded to the spread of disinformation. 

In his Twitter post, he commented that he practically did not leave the company, but changed his role in it, and would continue to explore emerging security risks and work on improving it during elections. The change in features has already occurred in December. Stamos is actively involved in investigating Russian activity on Facebook and increasing corporate responsibility in the modern technology world. During the weekend, he also actively tweeted the stories surrounding Cambridge Analytica. "There are many big problems in dealing with the technology giants to be better," he said.

Mark Zuckerberg became father for the second time.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan became parents again.

Their second daughter is named August (August). In the social network, Zuckerberg has written a letter to his child. In it he says that "childhood is magical" and that August should not "worry too much about the future." The letter continues with the promise that Zuckerberg and Chan will do everything in their power to "make sure the world is better for you and all the children of your generation." His words are backed by action as he and his wife have already taken an initiative in an attempt to tackle global health and education problems. Their goal is to help heal, prevent or control all human diseases by the end of the century. The letter is addressed to August but is also devoted to their first daughter, Max, born in 2015. From Facebook, it became clear that Zuckerberg would take two months of paternity leave.