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The fallout continues from Facebook's involvement in enabling Cambridge Analytics to illegally mine data from millions of Facebook users without their consent, possibly violating various privacy agreements. Facebook is scrambling to respond while it is being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission and other privacy commissions in other countries. Meanwhile a strong #DeleteFacebook movement is gaining ground among users and is even backed by the founder of messaging app WhatsApp, which was bough by Facebook in 2014. Up to 3,000 brands are threatening to pull investment in Facebook.
Sonos has announced that it will halt advertising with Facebook as a result of the investigations into Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.