Report: Facebook Suspends Another Data Analytics Firm As Scandal Widens
As the company prepares to notify 87 million users whose data was misused by Cambridge Analytica, CNBC reports that Facebook is suspending Cubeyou over similar allegations.
by Merrit Kennedy
Apr 09, 2018
2 minutes
As the Facebook scandal over Cambridge Analytica's misuse of the personal data of millions of users continues to unfold, Facebook is suspending another data analytics firm over similar allegations.
According to reporting by CNBC, Cubeyou collected data from Facebook users through personality quizzes "for non-profit academic research" developed with Cambridge University â then sold the data to advertisers.
Cubeyou denies wrongdoing,
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