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It's perhaps likely that Facebook doesn't still hold the data, but a 'partner' keeps it for marketing/research purposes...

• idlewords 7y ago
  Facebook has no incentive to provide access to third parties. This data is their source of revenue; they sell services off of it.
  • r00fus 7y ago
    Except that they have repeatedly had gaping holes in their security that just happened to result in mass ex filtration... It would’ve surprising if they didn’t capitalize on them.
  • isostatic 7y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Analytica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Analytica
    • idlewords 7y ago
      Whoa, an encyclopedia site anyone can edit!
    • kickopotomus 7y ago
      They did not sell information to Cambridge Analytica. As stated in the page you linked, the data was scraped using a 3rd party application requiring user opt-in. Now, there was a bug that allowed the app developer to also scrape data from the friends of the actual users but that has been patched and the developer's license has been revoked as the entire ordeal was against FB's licensing agreement. I am not a fan of Facebook but this entire thread is just filled with misinformation.