Facebook data harvesting and the hunt for the 'friend' who betrayed me | Michael McGowan

After my data was harvested by Cambridge Analytica, I went on a harrowing deep dive into my account

Two weeks ago I logged into good old Facebook dot com to discover I was one of the 311,127 Australians - and one of about 87 million people worldwide - who had their personal data harvested by Cambridge Analytica sometime around 2013-15.

I was a small and unwitting cog in a vast, beguiling narrative of unfurling geopolitical upheaval encompassing the Trump presidency, Russian interference and Brexit.