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Inside Cambridge Analytica In Wake Of Backlash Over User Data Revelations

Published March 21, 2018 at 12:52 PM EDT
Pedestrians pass the shared building which houses the offices of Cambridge Analytica in central London on March 21, 2018. Facebook expressed outrage Tuesday over the misuse of its data as Cambridge Analytica, the British firm at the center of a major scandal rocking the social media giant, suspended its chief executive. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
Pedestrians pass the shared building which houses the offices of Cambridge Analytica in central London on March 21, 2018. Facebook expressed outrage Tuesday over the misuse of its data as Cambridge Analytica, the British firm at the center of a major scandal rocking the social media giant, suspended its chief executive. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)

Facebook is facing increasing backlash in the U.S. and Europe since the revelation Cambridge Analytica improperly obtained user data.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young gets an update from NPR’s Joanna Kakissis (@joannakakissis) in London.

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