The Downside to Facebook Banning: Christopher Wylie

Over the course of its existence, Facebook has acquired more than 50 companies. This includes popular messaging and social media platforms WhatsApp and Instagram. Facebook has also made it possible to pass information across platforms if your Facebook account has been linked with either or both of them.

After the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, the company has suspended the Facebook and Instagram profiles of Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower behind the scandal. Christopher Wylie has brought to light the fact that Cambridge Analytica had acquired millions of Facebook users’ personal information to build software that could swing voters in political campaigns. Upon his suspension, Christopher took to Twitter and said, “The downside to Facebook banning me on Instagram is missing out on my daily dose of well-curated food photos and thirst traps.”