The report says that Twitter sold public data access in 2015 to Aleksandr Kogan, then a psychology researcher with University of Cambridge and his company Global Science Research (GSR).
A CA spokesperson said that all the national issues and national associations are part and parcel of the independent investigation.
As per a leaked 49-page 'proposal' made in August 2017, which has now also found its way to the social media, Cambridge Analytics (CA) suggested using Facebook data for "influencing the voter intention".
According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, it is important to make sure no one interferes in any more elections, including in India.
The bench, which posed several searching questions, asked the lawyer why the authorities were allowing private entities to use the Aadhaar platform for various purposes and referred to the legal provision to this effect.
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Those included claims that Facebook lets you download your data and take it elsewhere; that users can turn off data collection for advertising purposes; and that Facebook tracks users even when they’re not on Facebook itself, but only for “security purposes.”
Twitter was in no mood to spare Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the second day of US Congress hearing.
Facebook has said that 87 million people's personal data was scooped up when some 270,000 users took a personality quiz and had not just their data, but the data of their friends to be accessed by an outside app.
"Hello" brings people together around their interests to create positive, meaningful, authentic connections and sustained social engagement, the company said in a statement.
Zuckerberg, facing a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees, expressed his willingness to ensure protection of integrity of elections across world.
The BJP has demanded an apology from Congress president Rahul Gandhi for compromising private data of laksh of Indians with UK-based firm Cambridge Analytica to manipulate elections.
During some five hours of Senate questioning, Zuckerberg apologised several times for Facebook failures, disclosed that his company was "working with" special counsel Robert Mueller in the federal probe of Russian election interference and said it was working hard to change its own operations.
Zuckerberg will appear before lawmakers on Tuesday and Wednesday to try to restore public trust in his company and stave off federal regulation that some lawmakers have floated.
Facebook is one of 20 technology companies that last month joined the Global Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online, which was organised by Google and the World Wildlife Fund.
Starting Monday, all 2.2 billion Facebook users will receive a notice on their feeds, titled "Protecting Your Information," with a link to see what apps they use and what information they have shared with those apps.
FBAnalytica has been accused of harvesting personal information of over millions of Facebook users illegally to influence polls in several countries.
While most users are from the US -- over 70 million – 5,62,455 Indian users' data has also been shared with Cambridge Analytica.
Zuckerberg acknowledged he made a "huge mistake" in failing to take a broad enough view of what Facebook's responsibility is in the world.
Amrish's statement comes a day after his father KC Tyagi rejected the allegations against his party's links to SCL India (formerly Strategic Communication Laboratories, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica).
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