another testing week for facebook as it grapples with the fallout over data privity scandal tesla c.e.o. elan musk is among those who have chosen to delete their company's accounts from the platform and others like firefox creator mazola and speaker maker so in us have temporarily pulls their ads from the social networking site questions over the information facebook stores and passes on to advertisers have prompted lawmakers around the world including here in germany to promise action. we're going to keep a much closer eye on companies like facebook and punish data protection violations quickly severely and seriously. the scandal came to light after revelations about the activities of political consulting firm cambridge analytical the company reportedly misused the data of fifteen million facebook users to target selection adds to influence the outcome of the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election a probe by the federal trade commission could subject facebook to major penalties. police in spain have a rest of the alleged mastermind of an international cyber crime gang it was the culmination of