Facebook hired auditors to determine whether a political intelligence firm it said had improper access of up to 50 million personal profiles on the social network has deleted that data. (usatoday.com)
March 17: One day after Facebook announced it had suspended Cambridge Analytica for improper access to user data, The New York Times and The Observer said the political consultancy had access to 50 million profiles and used them to target ads during the 2016 election. (usatoday.com)
To start, the company now believes Cambridge Analytica was given improper access to the data of as many as 87 million people, mostly U.S. citizens. (phonescoop.com)