Twitter sold data to a Cambridge Analytica-linked researcher — but it’s not as bad as it sounds

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Facebook isn’t the only social network you need to worry about when it comes to protecting your personal data.

Twitter confirmed on Saturday to The Telegraph that it sold data access to the academic who also obtained millions of Facebook users’ information without their direct consent, then sold that data to political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. 

The researcher, Aleksandr Kogan, has been derided in recent weeks for creating a personality quiz on Facebook that was used to harvest data from millions of users and their friends. Read more…

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