'Elucidation of Facebook abuse in the US'

brussels - EU Commissioner Vera Jourova travels to Washington on Monday for discussions on data protection. She wants to clarify Facebook and the US government about possible abuse of private information from 50 million Facebook users by the Cambridge Analytica data company, the Czech informed.

On Saturday it was announced that the authorities in Massachusetts are investigating the alleged abuse. Cambridge Analytica would have used the data to create profiles of American voters. They were then bombarded with personalized political ads, according to The New York Times.

According to the European Commission, the misuse of personal data for political purposes is unacceptable. 'Terrible, if it is confirmed, Jourova said this weekend already.' We do not want this in the EU. ''

Jourova meets the American minister Wilbur Ross (Trade) in Washington to talk about Privacy Shield. This includes agreements between the EU and the US on the protection of personal data. That visit was already planned.