Facebook agrees to pay UK fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal

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Facebook agrees to pay UK fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal
Facebook has agreed to pay a £500,000 (US$644,000) fine for breaches of data protection law related to the harvesting of data by consultancy Cambridge Analytica, Britain's information rights regulator said on Wednesday. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has faced questioning by US and EU ...

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