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Events on Saturday 17 March 2018 1
2018Cambridge Analytica data scandalFacebook user data harvested without consent for political targetingReports revealed that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had harvested the personal data of tens of millions of Facebook users without consent. The scandal triggered global scrutiny of data privacy practices and led Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before the US Congress. Cambridge Analytica shut down in May 2018.