DC AG sues Meta CEO Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal
Summary
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine is suing Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg over his alleged role in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. The new lawsuit, filed Monday, alleges Zuckerberg was closely involved in envisioning and carrying out the framework on Facebook that ultimately allowed Cambridge Analytica to collect user data without consent and that the CEO had an ability to control daily operations. "This unprecedented security breach exposed tens of millions of Americans personal information, and Mr. Zuckerbergs policies enabled a multi-year effort to mislead users about the extent of Facebooks wrongful conduct," Racine said in a press release announcing the new lawsuit. The lawsuit comes after a judge rejected Racines attempt to add Zuckerberg as a defendant to his original consumer protection complaint against the company that owns Facebook. In an interview with CNBC shortly after the dismissal of his attempt to add Zuckerberg to the complaint, Racine said his office needed that additional time from the lawsuits initial filing date to collect evidence from the company and become confident that the CEO should be held personally responsible for the alleged consumer protection violations.