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Nearly a decade after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, New Mexico alone is taking Facebook to trial

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Facebook is on trial in New Mexico over privacy concerns that emerged during the 2016 election when a political consulting firm bought user data harvested from millions of profiles to generate targeted ads. Opening statements will begin Wednesday in state court in Santa Fe, just weeks after 48 U.S.

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  1. WTOP Washington DC

    Nearly a decade after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, New Mexico alone is taking Facebook to trial (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    Facebook is on trial in New Mexico over privacy concerns that emerged during the 2016 election when a political consulting firm bought user data harvested from millions of profiles to generate targeted ads. Opening statements will begin Wednesday in state court in Santa Fe, just weeks after 48 U.S.

  2. WFMZ Allentown

    Facebook trial over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal begins in New Mexico (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Facebook is on trial in New Mexico over privacy concerns that emerged during the 2016 election when a political consulting firm bought user data that was harvested from millions of profiles to generate targeted ads.

  3. The Guardian

    Years after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, New Mexico takes Facebook to trial (opens The Guardian)

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    Harvested data of users was sold during 2016 US election and allegedly used in ads designed to reduce Democratic voter turnout Facebook’s trial over a privacy scandal that erupted during the 2016 US election when the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica bought user data harvested from milli…

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