Re: Firm harvested 50 million Facebook profiles

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On 2018-03-17, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
> CBS News:
>
> A prominent data analytics firm that worked with President Trump's 
> campaign exploited Facebook data to harvest "millions" of profiles 
> of U.S. voters without their authorization, according to a
> whistleblower who once worked to help acquire the data. On 
> Friday, Facebook announced Cambridge Analytica — the firm that 
> was created by billionaire donor Robert Mercer, previously run 
> by Steve Bannon, who went on to become White House chief 
> strategist, and received $5.9 million from Trump's 2016 
> presidential campaign — has been suspended for violating the 
> social media company's standards and practices.
>
> full detailed article at
> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cambridge-analytica-firm-that-helped-trumps-campaign-harvested-50-million-facebook-profiles/

Wow!.. Facebook has standards?


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