Facebook data probes fell short after Cambridge Analytica, New Mexico jury told
By Maria Dinzeo ( September 16, 2026, 00:09 GMT | Insight) -- A privacy researcher told a New Mexico jury that Facebook spent at least $100 million investigating third-party apps after Cambridge Analytica but still failed to determine the full extent of data misuse, while a former employee testified that internal efforts to improve Facebook's investigative approach went nowhere.Facebook "threw a lot of money" at the Cambridge Analytica scandal but did not take its internal investigation seriously enough to determine the full extent of third-party data misuse, a privacy researcher testified Tuesday in the State of New Mexico's trial over allegations that the company misled users about how it protected their personal information....
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