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Social networking is privy to a vast repository of private data. The Cambridge Analytica

incident is a recent manifestation of an information leak that impacted a big population of

Facebook users. The introduction of forthcoming laws is a desirable worldwide reaction to the

social network's privacy infringement, but its effectiveness relies on the consistency of rules

across nations. The essay herein will identify and explore recent researches about trends and

implications related to Facebook Privacy Breach.

Internationally, authorities are enacting fresh laws to ensure that social media users have

proper legal recourse for their right to privacy. Following the Cambridge Analytica crisis,

Congress recognized the necessity to adopt effective legislation which can mitigate the risk of a

subsequent occurrence of data penetration affecting Facebook users (Tibken par. 6). American

policymakers acknowledged that digital media and the Internet have altered data sharing

dynamics. That necessitated the creation of current regulations to govern the privacy and

management usage of Facebook and social networking sites. The European Union's General Data

Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into force in 2018 as a replacement for the 1995 Data

Protection Directive (Smyth 591). The GDPR is a concerted effort by the European Parliament to

enact stringent legislation in response to increasing risks to private data in modern times. States

agreed that data mining and management on Facebook and other online media sites must be

rigorously monitored.
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New laws aim to give autonomy to customers. Further, the policy intends to increase the

accountability of firms that mine personal data. For instance, organizations in California must

apprise customers of their constitutional right to seek the erasure of confidential data (Determann

117). Enactment of the regulation requires enterprises to sensitize customers about their liberty

to request the erasure of their personal information. Furthermore, California-based enterprises

must notify all affiliated organizations of an erasure request aside from impracticable or

unreasonable exertion (Determann 121). The aforementioned regulation encourages any firm to

comply with a deletion request since it holds it accountable unless it rendered a sufficient attempt

to erase the client's private data from the illegalized distribution. Contemporary rules provide

significant safety for social networking site users while encouraging publishers to act ethically.

The absence of conformity in confidential information legislation across countries

undermines the envisioned supervisory implications of the recent laws. As noted by Smyth,

Mark Zuckerberg decided to shift Facebook's multinational base from Ireland to California

before the GDPR's implementation (591). Zuckerberg's goal was to exempt the 1.5 billion non-

European Facebook users from the enacted data privacy legislation. Facebook purposefully

relocated its global offices to California to evade stern measures on data privacy in Ireland.

Suppose there existed regulatory consistency across nations, Zuckerberg would not have escaped

the stringent confidentiality laws in Ireland through Facebook's headquarters migration.

Comprehensive compliance with confidentiality laws worldwide is required for users to

reap the rewards of the recent laws which have emerged globally. The United States and the

European Union are revising their personal space rules to react to the shifting information-

sharing setting of modern times. Several laws provide consumers with a greater discretion on

management of private data while growing organizations’ accountability. The discrepancy in

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territorial laws is a significant challenge to the success and enforcement of the new privacy laws.

Therefore, countries must unite for a common purpose to enhance data privacy laws and

regulations.
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Works Cited

Determann, Lothar. “New California Law Against Data Sharing.” Computer Law Review

International, vol. 19, no. 4, 2018, pp. 117–124., doi:10.9785/cri-2018-190403.

Smyth, Sara M. "The Facebook Conundrum: Is it Time to Usher in a new era of Regulation for

big tech?." International Journal of Cyber Criminology 13.2 (2019): 578-595,

doi:10.5281/zenodo.3718955.

Tibken, Shara. “Questions to Mark Zuckerberg Show Many Senators Don't Get Facebook.”

CNET, CBS Interactive Inc.. Source: Https://wr1ter.Com/Facebook-Privacy-Breach, 11

Apr. 2018, www.cnet.com/news/politics/some-senators-in-congress-capitol-hill-just-

don't-get-Facebook-and-mark-zuckerberg/.