How Cambridge Analytica Sparked the Great Privacy Awakening

Cambridge Analytica had purchased Facebook data on tens of millions of Americans without their knowledge to build a “psychological warfare tool,” which it unleashed on US voters to help elect Donald Trump as president.

Repercussions from the scandal swirling around the data analytics firm continue to be felt across the tech industry.

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