Fb not noted team of workers warnings about ‘sketchy’ Cambridge Analytica in September 2015

Fb staff attempted to alert the corporate concerning the process of Cambridge Analytica as early as September 2015, in step with the SEC’s grievance towards the corporate which used to be printed the previous day. This chimes with a courtroom submitting that emerged previous this yr — which additionally recommended Fb okay…
Facebook employees tried to alert the company about the activity of Cambridge Analytica as early as September 2015, per the SEC’s complaint against the company which was published yesterday. This chimes with a court filing that emerged earlier this year — which also suggested Facebook k…

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