Facebook staff ‘flagged Cambridge Analytica fears earlier than thought’

Facebook employees raised concerns about Cambridge Analytica’s data-scraping practices three months earlier than thought, according to US court documents.

A US-based employee warned colleagues about the activity in September 2015. Facebook had said it previously discovered the improper sharing of data on 87 million people three months later, in December 2015. The firm said the September concerns related to a separate matter.

Source: Facebook staff ‘flagged Cambridge Analytica fears earlier than thought’ – BBC News