Facebook and Cambridge Analytica face class action lawsuit
Source: The Guardian
British and US lawyers have launched a joint class action against Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and two other companies for allegedly misusing the personal data of more than 71 million people.
The lawsuit claims the firms obtained users private information from the social media network to develop political propaganda campaigns in the UK and the US.
Facebook, it is said, may initially have been misled, but failed to act responsibly to protect the data of 1 million British users and 70.6 million people in America. The data, it is suggested, was first used in the British EU referendum and then in the US during the 2016 presidential election.
As well as Cambridge Analytica, the two firms named in the legal writ are SCL Group Limited and Global Science Research Limited (GSR).
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/10/cambridge-analytica-and-facebook-face-class-action-lawsuit
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)However, we will likely end up with a great benefit of a year of credit monitoring or some such award by the end of it all.
Ninga
(8,275 posts)Wwcd
(6,288 posts)Take the Kochs too.
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)The super-wealthy always have an out. They'll just split for the Cayman Islands or something. Most likely their money is already offshore, and they have a plane waiting on-call.
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)mountain grammy
(26,621 posts)Cough it up, Zuckerberg, you snake.
Botany
(70,508 posts)IronLionZion
(45,444 posts)Didn't see it in the article or in a quick google search.
barbtries
(28,795 posts)after it's all ironed out, i'm thinking 50 cents maybe! woo hoo
Nitram
(22,802 posts)KPN
(15,646 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)It would just be awful if either of those entities, or those in charge of them, faced some kind of negative consequences.
WhiteTara
(29,715 posts)It needs to be so big that Zuckerberg will have to get a real job, if he doesn't go to jail.