OTTAWA—Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made a public apology on April 4 for his company’s handling of users’ personal information—including more than 620,000 Canadians’—as the social media giant faced a growing international uproar over the questionable use of personal data for political purposes.
The company estimates 622,161 users in Canada had their data improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica through apps used by themselves or their friends.
