Democratic Senator launches inquiry into Facebook’s data-sharing policy

Facebook will soon provide more answers about how and why Cambridge Analytica was able to amass Facebook user data for 50 million people without getting expressed permission.

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent an letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday seeking more information about the company’s third-party data-sharing policies. 

Wyden’s letter comes days after a pair of explosive reports surfaced alleging that the Trump-linked data firm Cambridge Analytica was able to access the data of more than 50 million users via a third-party app. Read more…

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