Facebook agrees to pay Cambridge Analytica fine

Facebook has agreed to pay a 500,000 fine imposed by the UK's data protection watchdog for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Harry Kinmonth, a Facebook lawyer, noted that the social network had made changes to restrict the information app developers could access following the scandal.

Researcher Dr Aleksandr Kogan and his company GSR used a personality quiz to harvest the Facebook data of up to 87 million people.

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