Facebook is appealing the £500,000 fine levied by the UK’s data watchdog over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social network has confirmed. It says the decision taken by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is unjustified, and that the regulator found no evidence that UK users specifically had their information improperly shared. The news comes on the day Facebook’s right to appeal was due to expire.
Facebook’s lawyer, Anna Benckert, said that the ICO’s fine “no longer relates to the events involving Cambridge Analytica” because it has found “no evidence” that Facebook users in the UK had their information shared with the analytics company. The lawyer’s statement goes on to say that this broadens the reasoning behind...
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