Facebook App Developer Kogan Defends His Actions With User Data
- Researcher says his terms of service were clearly stated
- Facebook will now investigate all apps with access to big data
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The app developer who surreptitiously gathered and shared 50 million Facebook user profiles says the company was officially notified of his actions but failed to stop it.
Aleksandr Kogan, a research associate in the department of psychology at the University of Cambridge, turned over his Facebook-generated personality research to the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. In an email to university colleagues he called Facebook’s side of the story a "fabrication."