Facebook wanted to do this so everything did work as expected, they have been doing it for a long time and built it precisely to be used just as Cambridge Analy

Facebook wanted to do this so everything did work as expected, they have been doing it for a long time and built it precisely to be used just as Cambridge Analytica used it. The only problem came when it was used to help Trump. When it was used to help the Obama campaign nobody batted an eye. Facebook is a political agenda and getting more people involved and helping their favored campaigns is something they were very interested in doing; that is why they allowed this - not realizing it would bite them back. https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/facebook-data-scandal-trump-election-obama-2012/ https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/facebook-data-...