Facebook is being probed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over reports THE world's most popular social media network leaked massive amounts of user data to a firm aligned to then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Park Ji-won has more.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is probing how Cambridge Analytica, a British data analytics firm hired by Donald Trump's presidential campaign, obtained the personal data of about 50 million Facebook users.
It's reviewing whether Facebook violated a 2011 consent decree regarding the firm's privacy protections, and whether Cambridge Analytica used the data for political gain.
In a statement, Facebook said it remains strongly committed to protecting users' information,.. and it appreciates the opportunity to answer any questions the FTC may have.
U.S. lawmakers are demanding to hear direct testimony from Facebook's top executives,... including Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg,.. on the growing controversy over the misuse of Facebook data by the conservative-leaning British data firm.
The head of the European Parliament also said EU lawmakers will investigate whether the data was misused and whether citizens' privacy rights were violated.
Britain's Information Commissioner's Office will also pursue a warrant to get access to Cambridge Analytica's servers,... to investigate the matter further.
In the wake of the snowballing scandal,... the New York Times reports that Facebook's chief information security officer Alex Samos is leaving the company,... quoting sources from within Facebook.
Park Ji-won, Arirang News.