Facebook and Cambridge Analytica face class action lawsuit

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: The Guardian

British and US lawyers have launched a joint class action against Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and two other companies for allegedly misusing the personal data of more than 71 million people.

The lawsuit claims the firms obtained users’ private information from the social media network to develop “political propaganda campaigns” in the UK and the US.

Facebook, it is said, may initially have been misled, but failed to act responsibly to protect the data of 1 million British users and 70.6 million people in America. The data, it is suggested, was first used in the British EU referendum and then in the US during the 2016 presidential election.

As well as Cambridge Analytica, the two firms named in the legal writ are SCL Group Limited and Global Science Research Limited (GSR).

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/10/cambridge-analytica-and-facebook-face-class-action-lawsuit

[Sherman A1]

1. Good

However, we will likely end up with a great benefit of a year of credit monitoring or some such award by the end of it all.

[Ninga]

2. This......

[Wwcd]

3. Mercers better be in prison for this someday & assets seized.

Take the Kochs too.

[FakeNoose]

4. I like this, but don't hold your breath

The super-wealthy always have an out. They'll just split for the Cayman Islands or something. Most likely their money is already offshore, and they have a plane waiting on-call.

[Wwcd]

12. True, like the quickie divorces, money is being moved out of the reach of the law.

[mountain grammy]

5. Good!

Cough it up, Zuckerberg, you snake.

[Botany]

6. Cohen's law firm was the lawyers for Cambridge Analytica

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/31/aggregateiq-canadian-tech-brexit-data-riddle-cambridge-analytica

Lock 'em up.

[IronLionZion]

7. Can anyone join the class?

Didn't see it in the article or in a quick google search.

[barbtries]

8. ooh i get some money.

after it's all ironed out, i'm thinking 50 cents maybe! woo hoo

[Nitram]

9. Maybe we'll all get $0.25 in the settlement.

[KPN]

10. Meanwhile the lawyers involved hope to rake in hundreds of millions.

[BobTheSubgenius]

11. Gosh.

It would just be awful if either of those entities, or those in charge of them, faced some kind of negative consequences.

[WhiteTara]

13. I want in on that lawsuit.

It needs to be so big that Zuckerberg will have to get a real job, if he doesn't go to jail.