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How Cambridge Analytica catalyzed privacy, antitrust scrutiny of Big Tech

By Mike Swift ( March 21, 2025, 22:55 GMT | Comment) -- Seven years ago this week, a Facebook in-house lawyer put up a blog post acknowledging a rogue app developer had shared millions of users’ data with data-mining company Cambridge Analytica, despite having no direct relationship with them. The resulting regulatory furor began to change the way regulators like Doug Peterson and other state attorneys general thought about the power of Big Tech companies through their collection of consumers' personal data, and helped catalyze today's more aggressive regulatory environment for Silicon Valley.Seven years ago this week, a Facebook in-house lawyer put up a blog post acknowledging a rogue app developer had shared users’ data with the data-mining company Cambridge Analytica, despite having no direct relationship with them....

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