Facebook suspends Cambridge Analytica over data harvesting

David Ingram and Peter Henderson

Updated Mar 18, 2018 – 1.54pm, first published at 8.52am

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Data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica harvested private information from more than 50 million Facebook users in developing techniques to support President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign, the New York Times and London's Observer have reported.

The Massachusetts attorney general said her office was launching an investigation after the news reports.

Reuters