Facebook claims it does not conduct business in Australia in Cambridge Analytica appeal

Social media company aims to avoid liability over Cambridge Analytica scandal by arguing it does not collect or hold data in Australia

Facebook is claiming it does not conduct business in Australia and does not collect and hold data in the country in its effort to avoid liability over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Last year, the privacy commissioner took Facebook to court over an alleged mass privacy breach involving the use of Australians' Facebook data in a vote-influencing operation involving Cambridge Analytica, a company that assisted the Trump campaign and was then headed by Trump's key adviser Steve Bannon.