How did Cambridge Analytica obtain Facebook user data?
Through a quiz app
By hacking Facebook
Through a data leak
By purchasing data
Answer
Cambridge Analytica obtained Facebook user data through a quiz app called "thisisyourdigitallife." Users who took the quiz unknowingly granted the app access to their data and their friends' data, which was then used by Cambridge Analytica.
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