The Australian Information Commissioner accused Meta of violating privacy laws by disclosing personal ... broader Cambridge Analytica controversy, which involved the unauthorized harvesting ...

It used that information for highly targeted political ads on Facebook. A former Cambridge Analytica employee, Christopher Wylie, blew the whistle, saying: "We exploited Facebook to harvest ...

However, as suggested by The Great Hack, Cambridge Analytica was quicker than most to recognise the potential profit in harvesting personal data. Indeed, the company appealed to clients by ...

6 takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg's Senate testimony on Facebook's data breaches The scandal involving Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook data to help Donald Trump’s campaign win the 2016 US ...