Facebook's role in the 2016 US election grew more complicated this past weekend, when bombshell reports in The New York Times and The Guardian revealed the extent to which London - based data mining and analytics firm Cambridge Analytica misused user data from as many as 50 million Facebook users. (theverge.com)
The findings in the state Inspector General's bombshell report on the bidding process for selecting a VLT operator at Aqueduct race course are appalling. (newrochelletalk.com)
Then dropped bombshell reports from the New York Times and the Guardian - owned Observer alleging British data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica improperly obtained and retained the personal information of 50 million Facebook users without their permission, 30 million of them with enough details to match users to other records and build profiles of them. (usatoday.com)