Facebook: Washington DC sues tech giant over Cambridge Analytica data use
by Alex Hern in London and agencies from on (#45BKP)
DC attorney general alleged in lawsuit the company's 'misleading privacy settings' allowed firm to harvest information
Washington DC has sued Facebook for allowing the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica to gain access to the personal data of tens of millions of the site's users without their permission.
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