27-11-2018 19:48 via theguardian.com

Facebook was warned of apparent Russian data trawl in 2014, MPs told

Social media firm claims no breach was found after it carried out investigation A Facebook engineer warned the company in 2014 that users apparently based in Russia were scooping vast amounts of data from the site on a daily basis, lawmakers from nine countries have been told, in heated exchanges about whether the social media company poses a threat to democracy.Facebook’s representative, Richard Allan, often looked uncomfortable during hours of questioning by members of the House of Commo
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