Facebook Sued by District of Columbia Over Cambridge Analytica

The attorney general of the District of Columbia, Karl Racine, sued Facebook on Wednesday for allowing the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica to harvest the private data of tens of millions of the social network’s users. It was a first step by a state attorney general to punish Facebook for privacy violations. “Facebook failed to protect the privacy of its users and deceived them about who had access to their data and how it was used,” Mr. Racine said in a statement. In a statement, Facebook said, “We’re reviewing the complaint and look forward to continuing our discussions with attorneys

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