CBI Books Cambridge Analytica For Facebook Data Theft

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) booked Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research Limited (GSRL) for purpotedly amassing the personal data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users. In 2018, Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had apprised a CBI inquiry into the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data theft case. The probe disclosed that GSRL illegally harvested data and shared it with Cambridge Analytica, who allegedly used the data to influence Indian polls.