New Delhi: Facebook is facing surging scrutiny in Europe and the US over allegations that London-based Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy firm, illegally accessed what users shared, to build profiles on American voters. This was later used to aid Donald Trump's election as US President in 2016 and the Brexit campaign among others. Both BJP and Congress have accused each other for using the services of the firm to collect data and manipulate elections in India.

Mark Zuckerberg has apologised for the Facebook Data Leak involving Cambridge Analytica on his timeline.

Here are the updates on the Facebook data scandal: