Trump consultants harvested data from 50 million Facebook users

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Trump consultants harvested data from 50 million Facebook users

Facebook suspends data analytics firm.

Data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica harvested private information from more than 50 million Facebook users in developing techniques to support President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign. The Massachusetts attorney general said her office was launching an investigation after the news ...

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