The Dhaka Times Desk Although various organizations have run various campaigns to encourage people to abandon Facebook, on the contrary, Facebook has increased its income. Last year, Facebook's annual income increased by almost 30 percent!
Fears that Facebook advertisers would be discouraged by the spate of scandals have ultimately proved unfounded. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, said that the company has made a fundamental change in the way the company is run to emphasize larger social issues.
That's why Facebook's user base grew last year even after scandals related to its role in spreading harmful content and not protecting data privacy. The popular social media company said the number of people logging in at least once a month increased by at least 9 percent last year.
Since July last year, Facebook's share price has fallen by about one-third. At that time, the discussion started about the decrease in the company's income growth. Facebookers had lower incomes than in the previous two years.
But after a year in which they ultimately gained 9 percent, doubts were raised about the protection of their users' personal data following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm, used millions of customer data for its own commercial purposes without informing Facebook users. When this information was leaked, a huge stir started.
Following which Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg admitted that they had ``made a mistake''. The head of Facebook also promised that important changes will be brought to Facebook.
However, as the news of the use of their data for commercial and political purposes without the knowledge of customers, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg was also summoned to the British Parliament.
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, admitted that they were "wrong" in this regard and commented on the statement given to Facebook that the fact that the data of customers was transferred to a third party was a violation of trust with customers.
According to a BBC report, Facebook's total profit in 2018 was 22.1 billion US dollars, which is 39 percent higher than in 2017.
User growth is reported in India, Indonesia and the Philippines; But the number of users in the US and Canada was similar this time.
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