Prosecutor adds Zuckerberg to Cambridge Analytica scandal

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine added Facebook CEO in the collection scandal lawsuit from Cambridge Analytica.

Ο Racine ανακοίνωσε την προσθήκη στο Twitter σήμερα το πρωί, αναφέροντας ότι η έρευνά του αποκάλυψε ότι ο Zuckerberg "συμμετείχε προσωπικά σε αποφάσεις που σχετίζονται με την Cambridge Analytica και την αποτυχία του Facebook να προστατεύσει τα δεδομένα των χρηστών".

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The 2018 lawsuit accuses Facebook (and now Zuckerberg) of misinterpreting the company's policies to access third-party data, endangering users' privacy with lax protection measures.

The Attorney General's Office claims that Facebook has violated the law on consumer protection procedures and is seeking civil compensation for the crime. A judge allowed the case to proceed despite Facebook's efforts to stop it in 2019.

Ο Racine ανέφερε ότι πρόσθεσε τον Zuckerberg αφού εξέτασε "εκατοντάδες χιλιάδες σελίδες εγγράφων που δημιουργήθηκαν σε δικαστικές διαδικασίες και ολοκλήρωσε ένα ευρύ φάσμα καταθέσεων, συμπεριλαμβανομένων πρώην υπαλλήλων και μηνυτών".

He did not say what exact details led him to make that decision or how deeply Zuckerberg is said to be involved in the incident.

"Πήραμε πολύ σοβαρά την υποχρέωσή μας να διερευνήσουμε τις παραβάσεις - και το Facebook θα έπρεπε να αναλάβει την ευθύνη του για την προστασία των χρηστών εξίσου σοβαρά", έγραψε ο Racine στο Twitter.

The complaint focuses primarily on Cambridge Analytica, a consulting firm that partnered with a researcher who used the Facebook developer platform to gain access to profile information for more than 70 million U.S.-based users. targeting with political ads.

He claims that Facebook knew that the system was being used to collect data from users who did not agree. The complaint also alleges that Facebook did not take appropriate action when companies violated its rules.

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