Facebook Inc tried to get ahead of its latest media firestorm. Instead, it helped create one.
The company knew ahead of time that on Saturday, the New York Times and The Guardian’s Observer would issue bombshell reports that the data firm that helped Donald Trump win the presidency had accessed and retained information on 50 million Facebook users without their permission.
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