UK regulator upholds Facebook fine in Cambridge Analytica row

Britain's information regulator on Thursday upheld a small but symbolic £500,000 ($645,000) fine for Facebook for breaches of data protection law related to the harvesting of data by consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

October 25, 2018 at 11:02 am

Facebook uses algorithms to detect signs of distress in users' posts and comments and has developed tools that allow friends to report concerning posts. File photo. (Dado Ruvic)

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Britain's information regulator on Thursday upheld a small but symbolic £500,000 ($645,000) fine for Facebook for breaches of data protection law related to the harvesting of data by consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

Confirming its initial decision on the fine in July, the Information Commissioner's Office said data from at least one million British users had been among that harvested by Cambridge and used for political purposes.