Cambridge Analytica is shutting down

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Cambridge Analytica is shutting down

After Facebook data harvesting scandal.

Cambridge Analytica, the data firm embroiled in a controversy over its handling of Facebook user data, and its British parent firm SCL Elections are shutting down immediately, the company said on Wednesday. SCL Elections and Cambridge Analytica will begin bankruptcy proceedings, the firm said, ...

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