- Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has suspended another data firm after reports linked it to the social network's ongoing personal-data leak scandal.
- AggregateIQ has been suspended after being tied to Cambridge Analytica, Canada's National Observer reports. The company is under investigation by the Canadian and British Columbia governments.
- Whistleblower Christopher Wylie said he helped found AggregateIQ while he was working for Cambridge Analytica parent SCL.
- “In light of recent reports that AggregateIQ may be affiliated with SCL and may, as a result, have improperly received user data, we have added them to the list of entities we have suspended from our platform while we investigate,” a Facebook spokesperson tells the Observer.
- Britain's Electoral Commission says the pro-Brexit Vote Leave campaign hired AggregateIQ for political work tied to the referendum.
- AggregateIQ denies ever having been a part of Cambridge Analytica or SCL.
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