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WATCH: Is it time to #DeleteFacebook?

#DELETEFACEBOOK is circulating throughout the social media hemisphere. Some say, there’s a good reason for that. You may have heard about the Facebook data scandal involving Cambridge Analytica. It’s a political consulting firm that does data analysis for the electoral process. So why the uproar? A whistleblower claims data was collected by Cambridge Analytica on about 50 million Facebook users for the purpose of psychologically profiling them and then sending them pro-Trump material before he was elected.

Social media attorney Scott Malouf says using any social media tool means we’re freely giving away information about ourselves. He says there are practical things we need to think about when we download an app or take a social media quiz.