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On World Water Day, online users discussed the shortage and misuse of water, on social media.

- — Compiled by Huda Tabrez/Community Web Editor

If not Facebook, what?

As the Cambridge Analytica - Facebook data breach scandal continued to simmer, social media users had varied reactions, from wondering whether any other platform could replace Facebook to questionin­g how people could trust the network at all. March 22 was World Water Day and users posted facts on global water shortage and how misuse of resources was pushing the world towards a crisis.

dishnation:

Everyone threatenin­g to delete it but ... #Facebook

@rameshsriv­ats:

Facebook Videos: Billions of likes. Facebook Photos: Trillions of likes. Facebook Posts: Quadrillio­ns of likes.

Facebook, the company: No one likes.

@buffybatik:

“We have a responsibi­lity to protect your data, and if we can’t, then we don’t deserve to serve you,” Mr Zuckerberg said.

... but he knew about the breach two years ago - and didn’t do a thing.

@SabraJewel­l:

Can a class action lawsuit be filed against Cambridge Analytica and Facebook? Asking for a friend ...

@waz_tennakoon:

Let’s not forget #WorldWater­Day. Save Water. Save Life.

@Water:

Women and children spend 258 million hours every day collecting water, but they could be doing so much more.

manoocherp­hoto:

Scarcity of clean water is triggering more and more conflicts worldwide and forcing millions of people to migrate from their land. This photo shows a woman digging for water in the Northern Kenyan Turkana region. #worldwater­day

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