UK Probe Goes On Despite Cambridge Analytica Bankruptcy
British authorities say the investigation into political consultancy Cambridge Analytica will continue even though the company is going out of business.
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British authorities say the investigation into political consultancy Cambridge Analytica will continue even though the company is going out of business.
Facebook faces two new federal lawsuits for allegedly violating the trust of the millions of users whose personal data was shared with the data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica.
Facebook said Wednesday that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm with ties to President Donald Trump's campaign, may have had information on about 87 million Facebook users without the users' knowledge.
Facebook is dialing down its dealings with outside companies that collect information about consumers.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is reviewing whether Facebook broke state laws when its user data was transferred by third parties, possibly for political purposes by the Donald Trump campaign.
Breaking more than four days of silence, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect user data in light of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm.
