Ex-Cambridge Analytica boss admits getting Facebook data from researcher


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 07 Jun 2018

LONDON: The former head of Cambridge Analytica admitted on June 6 his firm had received data from the researcher at the centre of a scandal over Facebook users' personal details, contradicting previous testimony to lawmakers.

Cambridge Analytica, which was hired by Donald Trump in 2016, has denied its work on the US president's successful election campaign made use of data allegedly improperly harvested from around 87 million Facebook users.

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