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    Australian Authorities Open Investigation Into Facebook's Improper Sharing Of Data

    More than 300,000 Australians may have had their data improperly shared by Facebook with Cambridge Analytica. Australia is investigating whether Facebook broke the law.
    by Camila Domonoske Apr 05, 2018 1 minute
    Facebook said data of more than 300,000 Australians may have been improperly shared with a third party.

    Updated at 2:50 p.m. ET

    Australia is investigating whether Facebook violated national privacy laws by exposing users' information to the data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica.

    Facebook has that data from more than 300,000 Australians may have been improperly shared with the analysis company — out of some 87 million users worldwide.

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