New Delhi,
\nIT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday sought an apology from Congress president Rahul Gandhi for allegedly using Cambridge Analytica data to swing poll results and said \u201cprobity\u201d demanded that he should promise not to manipulate voters in the future.<\/p>\n
Prasad said on Twitter that Cambridge Analytica\u2019s role in manipulating elections is clear and Facebook had given an assurance \u201cto stop it and maintain integrity of India\u2019s elections\u201d.<\/p>\n
Using Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s apology for failing to protect the social media giant\u2019s user data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal as a handle, Prasad said, \u201cProbity demands that @RahulGandhi should apologise & promise not to manipulate voters and divide the society in future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last week, Zuckerberg admitted making a \u201chuge mistake\u201d as personal data of up to 87 million users may have been improperly shared with British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, a figure higher than the previous estimate of 50 million.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Zuckerberg apologised to the US Congress and took personal responsibility for \u201cnot doing enough\u201d to protect Facebook users\u2019 private data from being misused and manipulated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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