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Comment: Facebook still faces US privacy probes involving apps three years after Cambridge Analytica scandal

By Mike Swift
  • 26 Jul 2021 15:45
  • 26 Jul 2021 12:52
The public furor has faded three years after news broke that the personal data of 65 million Facebook users was improperly collected by Cambridge Analytica, but Facebook still faces three distinct US state investigations into other apps that may have inappropriately harvested private information, MLex has learned.
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Mike Swift

Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent


Mike Swift is an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of covering data, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory news for more than a decade. As the Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent for MLex, in addition to reporting, he coordinates MLex’s worldwide coverage in the practice area. Formerly chief Internet reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and SiliconValley.com, Mike has covered Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and other tech companies and has closely tracked technology and regulatory trends in Silicon Valley. He has wide ranging expertise from the business of professional sports to computer-assisted reporting. A former John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University, he is a graduate of Colby College.

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