Officers from Britain's information regulator are raiding the London offices of data firm Cambridge Analytica after being granted a warrant as part of an investigation into alleged misuse of personal information. Soon afterward, 18 people, some in Information Commissioner's Office jackets, entered the company's central London offices. The information commissioner is investigating whether the firm improperly used data from some 50 million Facebook users to target voters with ads and political messages. "This is just one part of a larger investigation into the use of personal data and analytics for political purposes," the statement said. Authorities in the United States and Britain are investigating whether it and Facebook broke the law in their use of personal information.

Source: CBC News March 23, 2018 21:41 UTC