Facebook appeals UK’s ICO fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal
Facebook announced it would dispute the financial penalty which had been imposed by the Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK on the company for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Facebook indicated it would appeal against this fine of £500,000, because this decision “challenges some of the basic principles of how people should be allowed to share information online”.
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