Missouri Attorney General opens probe into Facebook’s data usage


  • TECH
  • Monday, 02 Apr 2018

Figurines are seen in front of the Facebook logo in this illustration taken March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Missouri’s Republican attorney general is launching a wide-ranging probe into Facebook Inc’s use of personal data. 

In a civil investigative demand dated Monday, Missouri’s Josh Hawley is asking Facebook to disclose every time it’s shared user information with a political campaign or political action committee, how much those campaigns paid Facebook for such data, and whether users were notified. 

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