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Facebook and Cambridge Analytica hit with First State Lawsuit

posted by mrpg on Monday March 26 2018, @05:00PM   
from the bring-popcorn dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Facebook and Cambridge Analytica are already dealing with numerous private lawsuits over non-consensual data sharing, but they now have to grapple with a state-level lawsuit. Illinois' Cook County has filed a lawsuit against both companies accusing them of violating the state's Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Cambridge Analytica allegedly broke the law by misrepresenting its "thisisyourdigitallife" app as an academic research tool when it was really meant to harvest personal data against Facebook's agreements. Facebook, meanwhile, was accused of falsely promising to protect user data and doing nothing to stop Cambridge Analytica for years after learning of its behavior.

Source: Facebook and Cambridge Analytica hit with first state lawsuit

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• Re:Unexpected Re:Unexpected (Score: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday March 26 2018, @07:27PM (1 child)

  by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday March 26 2018, @07:27PM (#658600) Journal

  Hold it, hold it, I thought Zuck WAS the "leftist" (and a Jewish-sounding if not actually Jewish...) one everyone was supposed to be scared of? Y'know, "Cuckerberg" and so on? Come on, keep your alt-right conspiracy horseshit straight. I'm getting bullshit whiplash here.

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  I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...

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• Re:Unexpected (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @04:48AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @04:48AM (#658835)

  I nodded you funny cause the mod system isn't working. Insightful funny.

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