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Facebook subpoena refusal forces California to make its privacy probe public

Attorney General Xavier Becerra has revealed in new court documents that Facebook failed to comply with subpoenas asking for more information related to the Cambridge Analytica fiasco.

Becerra said at a press conference that his office now has to disclose the probe, because it's taking legal action that makes it public. In particular, he and his team want the San Francisco County Superior Court to compel Facebook to comply with requests for additional Cambridge Analytica-related documents.The California AG wants to see copies of communications between executives as well as documents related to news stories about the fiasco published by The Guardian and other publications.

Will Castleberry, Facebook's VP of state and local policy, told CNBC that the company has been working with the California AG.

As CNBC notes, though, he didn't address the Attorney General's accusation that the company hasn't been complying with subpoenas.

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