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This episode is a summary in plain English of the different data breach "scandals" that Facebook experienced over the last 11 months. 

In it, I cover the following:

• Cambridge Analytica - what happened and how did the data for 87 million accounts get out?

• Removal of Facebook Ad Targeting Categories using 3rd party data-mining and how that affected the real estate industry's ads

• The latest revelation of 250 pages of sensitive documents that were shared online showing more information about possible consent and data privacy issues within Facebook and their partnerships

• Why people are still sticking with Facebook 

All information sourced from the following articles:

• https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/05/seized-cache-of-facebook-docs-raise-competition-and-consent-questions/
• https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/23/17151916/facebook-cambridge-analytica-trump-diagram
• https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/the-cambridge-analytica-scandal-in-three-paragraphs/556046/
• https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/facebook-2018-user-motivation
• https://thenextweb.com/facebook/2018/12/05/uk-parliament-facebook-internal-documents/
• https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/19/hud-complaint-accuses-facebook-ads-of-violating-fair-housing-act/
• https://www.housingwire.com/articles/46551-facebook-cuts-thousands-of-ad-targeting-options-after-huds-housing-discrimination-allegation
• https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/16/15657512/cambridge-analytica-facebook-alexander-nix-christopher-wylie
• https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/the-cambridge-analytica-scandal-in-three-paragraphs/556046/