In response to the Cambridge Analytica revelations, Facebook announced it will launch a centralized system designed to let users control their privacy and security settings, The New York Times reports. The system will be available to users all around the world and gives users the opportunity to control the information Facebook holds on them, as well as a file to download to see what data Facebook has already collected. Meanwhile, the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, Christopher Wylie, said the number of people affected by the Facebook revelations is more than the 50 million currently being reported, while New Zealand Privacy Commissioner John Edwards voiced his criticism of the social media site’s handling of personal information. Pew Research Center released a study documenting U.S. citizens’ views toward social media and their privacy.
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