• New York and Massachusetts to investigate Cambridge Analytica and Facebook
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New York and Massachusetts to investigate Cambridge Analytica and Facebook https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/new-york-massachusetts-investigate-cambridge-analytica-facebook-n858401?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma The New York and Massachusetts attorneys general on Tuesday announced a joint investigation into Cambridge Analytica, the data firm linked to Donald Trump that is accused of harvesting Facebook data of some 50 million unwitting Americans. As part of the investigation, the two attorneys general are issuing a letter to Facebook demanding the social media company provide information concerning the potential misuse of user data, which Cambridge Analytica allegedly obtained via a personality quiz. The letter also asks for all contracts, agreements and communications between the social media giant and Cambridge Analytica; its parent company SCL group; its CEO Alexander Nix; University of Cambridge researcher Aleksandr Kogan; and a former Cambridge Analytica employee, Joseph Chancellor. The attorneys general are also investigating why Facebook did not tell users or the public that the data was handed over to a third party. Facebook said in a statement on Friday that they learned about the violation of its terms of service in 2015.
Hoping California also jumps on this; that is if the attorney general (Xavier Becerra) isn't paid off by Facebook.
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