Information Protection on Facebook

The biggest online platform of social media is the allegation of stolen personal information from
its customers from Facebook, but Facebook authorities were not convinced. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was forced to admit that personal information of more than 8 million subscribers has become unbearable after recently leaked the information of Whistleblower, a British-American political consulting firm named "Cambridge Analytica". It is a matter of concern for us that out of this 8-crore people of about 20 lakh Bangladeshis

Christopher Wiley, former director of the Research Department of Cambridge Analyst, handed out some confidential documents to the UK's Daily Guardian, where Facebook users have access to personal information and the US Presidential election of 2016 to influence Donald Trump. Since the Guardian report has been published, there has been a lot of unrest in the world. Facebook authorities banned Cambridge Analytics, Zuckerberg has been facing various questions and the demand for securing the protection of the citizens' personal information in the country is strongly spoken.

So long an idea was that the personal information of citizens from different online platforms, including social media, was used for commercial purposes without their permission. But after the release of Cambridge analytica, it was known that this immoral act was done for political purposes. Cambridge analyzed the “academic research” of a large number of Facebook user creates profiles of psychology and personality and has been accused of using it during the US election campaign. In the same way, Cambridge Approach in 2016, during the referendum of the referendum, campaigned for the exit of the European Union from the European Union. There are also allegations of using false information to influence voters in both elections.

Tenth National Elections in front of Bangladesh We do not know whether the personal information of about 20 lakhs Bangladeshi citizens being unsatisfied with Facebook will be used to influence the election. Election Commission must be very careful about this. The government should sit in discussions with Facebook authorities to ensure the protection of citizens' personal information and to make their commitments. Not only Facebook, many Internet platforms, including Google, Yahoo, Amazon, have problems protecting personal information of customers. It is time to think of removing these problems and building a legal framework to increase security.
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