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> Cambridge Analytica asked user A for permission. Facebook allowed CA to gather information about B (A's friend), and B NEVER provided consent. B now is wondering who to sue: Facebook or CA.

B consented to sharing their information with A (by accepting a friend request or making specific data items public-readable), who granted Facebook the right to share that information with (edit) not CA, Dr. Kogan.



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