The data was collected through an app called thisisyourdigitallife, built by the Cambridge University academic Aleksandr Kogan. The Democratic congressman Eliot Engel of New York asked if Facebook planned to sue Kogan, Cambridge University or Cambridge Analytica. The university said it would be “surprised” to learn Zuckerberg was only now aware of its work in the psychographics field. You’re following Facebook users even after they log off that platform.”Zuckerberg tried to reply, “Broadly, I disagree with your characterisation,” but was frequently cut off by Castor. She demanded: “You are collecting personal data on people who are not Facebook users.

Source: The Guardian April 11, 2018 19:42 UTC