States Open Probes Into Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook Data Use
- Attorneys general in Connecticut, Massachusetts ask questions
- Social network says it’s conducting comprehensive examination
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Connecticut opened an inquiry into how the personal information of millions of Facebook Inc. users came into the possession of U.K.-based Cambridge Analytica, the sophisticated data analytics firm that helped President Donald Trump win the 2016 election.
Reports that as many as 50 million profiles were tapped "raise serious questions about how this happened in the specific situation involving Cambridge Analytica and about Facebook’s policies and practices," Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen said Monday.