Mark Zuckerberg Will Have To Face Cambridge Analytica Again

Mark Zuckerberg will give a six-hour statement on Cambridge Analytica as part of a class action lawsuit.
The class action lawsuit was filed in 2018 on behalf of California Facebook users.
Outgoing COO Sheryl Sandberg will face a five-hour deposition.
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Mark Zuckerberg will have to testify again about Cambridge Analytica. A class action lawsuit filed on behalf of California Facebook users called Zuckerberg out for a six-hour deposition in September, according to a court filing filed on Thursday. Wednesday and seen by Insider.

In fact, the Cambridge Analytica scandal first made headlines in 2018. Then, news broke that a British data analytics company — called Cambridge Analytica — collected the data of millions of Facebook users without their consent.

Therefore, the company tries to save your reputation since 2018. In October 2021, it changed its name to Meta; but Cambridge Analytica continues to persecute her.

Also, the demand first introduced in 2018calls Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg for a five-hour deposition.

Mark Zuckerberg and his COO still remain in the shadow of Cambridge Analytica

In fact, Sandberg announced in June that he would be leaving his position at Meta. He will replace Javier Olivan, who was also summoned to testify.

In addition, the filing indicated that prosecutors plan to take statements from other Facebook executives, who are “key witnesses,” for more than seven hours.

The filing also says that Facebook will turn over 1,200 documents to prosecutors that the company previously withheld as privileged.

This is not the first time Zuckerberg has been called to testify about Cambridge Analytica. The Facebook founder appeared before a US Senate joint committee hearing in 2018. He then gave testimony about how the company handled user data in the wake of the scandal.

The Cambridge Analytica breach resulted in a record fine of 5,000 million dollars for Facebook by from the Federal Trade Commission in 2019; and severely damaged the tech giant’s reputation around user privacy.

Meta did not immediately respond when reached for comment by Insider outside of normal business hours.

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