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We have also called for " The Facebook Oversight Board we really need" as part of proper oversight of Facebook (and indeed other Big Tech players). Given Facebook's power, addressing these questions is vital to a healthy internet and a healthy democracy. But the problems extend before and after that as the timeline below shows. Facebook's links to questions of privacy and data protection came most to the fore in the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018.
