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‘Divorced from Reality:’ Australian Court Rejects Facebook Claim that It Doesn’t Collect Data in Country

An Australian court has rejected an appeal from Facebook attempting to overturn a ruling relating to the company’s infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal. The judge called Facebook’s argument that it doesn’t collect data on Australian users “divorced from reality,” saying: “It is not an outlier activity. It is one of the things ‘which makes Facebook work.'”

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for the 8th annual Breakthrough Prize awards ceremony