The Cambridge Analytica Scandal: Difference between revisions

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:In March 2018, former Analytica employee Christopher Wylie exposed the scandal through The Guardian and The New York Times, revealing that Facebook had known about the breach since 2015 but failed to notify affected users or enforce data deletion.
:In March 2018, former Analytica employee Christopher Wylie exposed the scandal through The Guardian and The New York Times, revealing that Facebook had known about the breach since 2015 but failed to notify affected users or enforce data deletion.


===Facebook's response===
===Responses===
:Facebook dismissed the incident as a "violation of terms" rather than a "data breach".
*Facebook dismissed the incident as a "violation of terms" rather than a "data breach", claiming, "...Mr.Korgan misled us all."
*CA claimed it was not aware that the data from GSR violated Facebook's ToS and deleted it after insistence from Facebook


===Outcome===
===Outcome===