2018 World Events · Annexation, territorial jihadism, and platform influence
Cambridge Analytica scandal
Data harvested from Facebook users was linked to political profiling and campaign targeting.
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A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2018.
Why it matters
It triggered global privacy regulation debates and platform accountability scrutiny.
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Record narrative
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Data harvested from Facebook users was linked to political profiling and campaign targeting.
It triggered global privacy regulation debates and platform accountability scrutiny.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 2018-005
- Date or period
- 2018-03
- Type
- Data abuse / influence
- Focus
- Cyber / information
- Impact scope
- Global
- Priority
- 4 of 5
- Location label
- London, United Kingdom / United States
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
- Actors named by the source record
- Cambridge Analytica; Facebook; political campaigns
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “Cambridge Analytica scandal.” World Events record 2018-005. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2018/2018-005/