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New York, Massachusetts investigating Facebook over Cambridge Analytica scandal

By Melissa Quinn
Published March 20, 2018 9:08pm ET
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New York, Massachusetts investigating Facebook over Cambridge Analytica scandal
The attorneys general in New York and Massachusetts have asked Facebook to turn over information related to Cambridge Analytica’s alleged misuse of personal data that was improperly harvested from 50 million Facebook users. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey sent a letter to Facebook demanding the information. The attorneys […]

The attorneys general in New York and Massachusetts have asked Facebook to turn over information related to Cambridge Analytica’s alleged misuse of personal data that was improperly harvested from 50 million Facebook users.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey sent a letter to Facebook demanding the information. The attorneys general are also probing how the data breach happened.

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