The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has written a letter toFacebook seeking information over the issue of data leak from the platform of the social media giant.
This comes in the wake of reports thatCambridge Analytica had used Facebook users' data to "influence" election results in several countries.
In the letter, the ministry posed a series of questions to Facebook —
"Whether personal data of Indian voters and users has been compromised by CA?"
ADVERTISEMENT "Whether Facebook or its related or downstream agencies utilizing Facebook’s data have previously been engaged by any entities to manipulate the Indian electoral process?"
On 23.3.2018, a notice seeking details relating to breach of data from Facebook had been sent to Cambridge Analytic… https://t.co/rJfJpLCovD
— ANI (@ANI) 1522241790000
The ministry has asked the company to submit the details by April 7.
The letter to Facebook comes days after government sent a notice to Cambridge Analytica over media reports accusing it of adopting questionable practices to influence elections.
Last week, the IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had warned social media companies, such as Facebook of "stringent action", if any attempt was made by them to interfere in the country's electoral process.
