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July 11, 2018

Facebook Slapped with Fine in Britain over Cambridge Analytica Scandal
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The British Information Commissioner's Office has slapped Facebook with
a $660,000 fine-the maximum penalty allowed-for Facebook's role in
allowing Cambridge Analytica to harvest the information of up to 87
million people without their permission as part of an effort to sway
voters to support President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Facebook is also
facing accusations that it is violating people's privacy with its use of
facial recognition tools, which scans people's faces in photos even when
people have turned off the facial recognition setting.


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