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Facebook Misinformation - The Biggest Mistake Ever
In 2018, Cambridge Analytica was a huge story you could not escape. This massive scandal began in 2010 when Facebook launched Open Graph. The platform allowed external developers to reach out to Facebook users and request permission to access their data. A few years later in 2013, Cambridge Academic Alexander Kogan created an app called This Is Your Digital Life. In late 2015, the Guardian reported that Cambridge, Analytica, was helping Ted Cruz's presidential campaign. By 2018, news sources such as the New York Times ran exposés on the story. Many began deleting their Facebook profiles because of this,. Mark Zuckerberg himself had to testify before Congress. After the scandal broke, the FTC began investigating Facebook
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