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Facebook’s Former Employees Open Up About the Data Scandal

Facebook employees talk over Facebook data scandal 

Facebook’s Former Employees Open Up About the Data Scandal
The Facebook Inc. logo is displayed on an Apple Inc. iPhone against the backdrop of the Twitter Inc. banner image from Cambridge Analytica’s verified twitter page, displayed on a computer screen in this arranged photograph in London, U.K. (Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) -- As Facebook reels from a public backlash over its handling of user data, former employees are starting to air their hesitations and criticisms of the company they helped build. This week, Bloomberg Technology's Sarah Frier and Aki Ito hear from these former insiders to examine the mistakes that led to the company’s crisis today.

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To contact the authors of this story: Sarah Frier in San Francisco at sfrier1@bloomberg.net, Aki Ito in San Francisco at aito16@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Pia Gadkari at pgadkari@bloomberg.net, Liz Smith Magnus Henriksson

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