7 Things to Know About the Trump-Facebook-Cambridge Analytica Scandal

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Twitter

6. Facebook Has Cut Ties

The loading screen of the Facebook application on a mobile phone is seen in this photo illustration.
The loading screen of the Facebook application on a mobile phone is seen in this photo illustration. | Reuters/Valentin Flauraud

In response to the news over the data mining, Facebook opted to suspend Cambridge Analytica from its service, stating that the company misused the data it took from the social media site.

"The social networking giant said it learned several days ago that Cambridge Analytica, a firm that among other things helps target political messages to people online, had misused data about Facebook users," reported cnet.com last Saturday.

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Facebook said in a statement released Monday that they were still investigating the extent to which the data may have been used by Analytica.

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