Facebook on Defensive as Cambridge Case Exposes Data Flaw
Facebook Under Pressure Over Data Breach
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Facebook Inc. wants you to know: this wasn’t a breach.
Yes, Cambridge Analytica, the data-analysis firm that helped U.S. President Donald Trump win the 2016 election, violated rules when it obtained information from some 50 million Facebook profiles, the social-media company acknowledged late Friday. But the data came from someone who didn’t hack the system: a professor who originally told Facebook he wanted it for academic purposes.