German justice minister calls in Facebook over data scandal

A Facebook logo is pictured in Frankfurt, Germany September 16, 2017. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's justice minister said on Thursday she had asked to speak to Facebook executives to find out whether the social media site's 30 million users in the country were affected by a scandal involving the handling of personal data.

The world's largest social media network is facing government scrutiny in Europe and the United States about a whistleblower's allegations that London-based consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed user information to build profiles on American voters that were later used to help elect U.S. President Donald Trump in 2016.