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Reported on the BBC:

But when the news came out that Facebook had passed on data of up to 87 million of its members to political consultancy Cambridge Analytica without their knowledge - and one in 20 Brits were reported to delete their accounts - I started to wonder just how much information the social network had on me.

There's a 'campaignlive' page linked for that data, which does say

One in 20 Brits delete Facebook accounts after the Cambridge Analytica scandal

 

A survey has found that while 93% of Brits were aware of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, 5% have left Facebook and 6% say they intend to.

 

The study, by WPP-owned Syzygy and marketing intelligence platform Attest, also found that 54% of the 1,000 respondents have changed or intend to change their privacy settings.

Is this WPP study corroborated by other sources on the outflux? Given the huge dependence on social media most people have, I'm not too confident that having "left" is the same thing as deleting the account... or not returning soon thereafter.

Reported on the BBC:

But when the news came out that Facebook had passed on data of up to 87 million of its members to political consultancy Cambridge Analytica without their knowledge - and one in 20 Brits were reported to delete their accounts - I started to wonder just how much information the social network had on me.

There's a 'campaignlive' page linked for that data, which does say

One in 20 Brits delete Facebook accounts after the Cambridge Analytica scandal

A survey has found that while 93% of Brits were aware of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, 5% have left Facebook and 6% say they intend to.

The study, by WPP-owned Syzygy and marketing intelligence platform Attest, also found that 54% of the 1,000 respondents have changed or intend to change their privacy settings.

Is this WPP study corroborated by other sources on the outflux? Given the huge dependence on social media most people have, I'm not too confident that having "left" is the same thing as deleting the account... or not returning soon thereafter.

Reported on the BBC:

But when the news came out that Facebook had passed on data of up to 87 million of its members to political consultancy Cambridge Analytica without their knowledge - and one in 20 Brits were reported to delete their accounts - I started to wonder just how much information the social network had on me.

There's a 'campaignlive' page linked for that data, which does say

One in 20 Brits delete Facebook accounts after the Cambridge Analytica scandal

A survey has found that while 93% of Brits were aware of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, 5% have left Facebook and 6% say they intend to.

The study, by WPP-owned Syzygy and marketing intelligence platform Attest, also found that 54% of the 1,000 respondents have changed or intend to change their privacy settings.

Is this WPP study corroborated by other sources on the outflux? Given the huge dependence on social media most people have, I'm not too confident that having "left" is the same thing as deleting the account... or not returning soon thereafter.

Reported on the BBC:

But when the news came out that Facebook had passed on data of up to 87 million of its members to political consultancy Cambridge Analytica without their knowledge - and one in 20 Brits were reported to delete their accounts - I started to wonder just how much information the social network had on me.

There's a 'campaignlive' page linked for that data, which does say

One in 20 Brits delete Facebook accounts after the Cambridge Analytica scandal

A survey has found that while 93% of Brits were aware of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, 5% have left Facebook and 6% say they intend to.

The study, by WPP-owned Syzygy and marketing intelligence platform Attest, also found that 54% of the 1,000 respondents have changed or intend to change their privacy settings.

Is this WPP study corroborated by other sources on the outflux? Given the huge dependence on social media most people have, I'm not too confident that having "left" is the same thing as deleting the account... or not returning soon thereafter.

Reported on the BBC:

But when the news came out that Facebook had passed on data of up to 87 million of its members to political consultancy Cambridge Analytica without their knowledge - and one in 20 Brits were reported to delete their accounts - I started to wonder just how much information the social network had on me.

There's a 'campaignlive' page linked for that data, which does carry the title

One in 20 Brits delete Facebook accounts after the Cambridge Analytica scandal

However, I could not find in the body of the latter article any more specific information, like where this data/info came from. So I rather doubt it given the huge dependence on social media most people have.

So, are there more detailed sources about this outflux of Facebook users after the Analytica scandal?

Reported on the BBC:

But when the news came out that Facebook had passed on data of up to 87 million of its members to political consultancy Cambridge Analytica without their knowledge - and one in 20 Brits were reported to delete their accounts - I started to wonder just how much information the social network had on me.

There's a 'campaignlive' page linked for that data, which does say

One in 20 Brits delete Facebook accounts after the Cambridge Analytica scandal

A survey has found that while 93% of Brits were aware of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, 5% have left Facebook and 6% say they intend to.

The study, by WPP-owned Syzygy and marketing intelligence platform Attest, also found that 54% of the 1,000 respondents have changed or intend to change their privacy settings.

Is this WPP study corroborated by other sources on the outflux? Given the huge dependence on social media most people have, I'm not too confident that having "left" is the same thing as deleting the account... or not returning soon thereafter.