By BARBARA ORTUTAY
AP Technology Writer 

Facebook scandal affected more users than thought: up to 87M

 


NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook revealed Wednesday that tens of millions more people might have been exposed in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal than previously thought and said it will restrict the user data that outsiders can access.

Those developments came as congressional officials said CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify next week, while Facebook unveiled a new privacy policy that aims to explain the data it gathers on users more clearly — but doesn't actually change what it collects and shares.

In a call with reporters Wednesday, Zuckerberg acknowledged he made a "huge mistake" in fa...



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