Facebook gets maximum fine for the catastrophic Cambridge Analytica data breach

Reuters

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO and chairman.

Facebook has been stung with the maximum possible fine by Britain's privacy watchdog for the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office fined Facebook £500,000 ($645,000), the highest punishment it can dish out for a data breach.

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