Facebook Picks Fight With Cambridge University Over Researchers

A cyclist rides a bicycle past a University of Cambridge building in Cambridge.

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

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After tackling U.S. lawmakers, Mark Zuckerberg is now taking on one of England’s oldest and most prestigious academic institutions amid a widening probe into the misuse of Facebook Inc. user data.

During his U.S. congressional testimony, the Facebook chief executive officer said his company was questioning “whether there was something bad going on at Cambridge University overall that will require a stronger reaction from us.”