Data Analytics Firm Harvested 50 Million Facebook Profiles

(CBSNEWS.COM) – A prominent data analytics firm that worked with President Trump’s campaign exploited Facebook data to harvest “millions” of profiles of U.S. voters without their authorization, according to a whistleblower who once worked to help acquire the data. On Friday, Facebook announced Cambridge Analytica — the firm that was created by billionaire donor Robert Mercer, previously run by Steve Bannon, who went on to become White House chief strategist, and rec