Richard Blumenthal said "Cambridge Analytica should never have happened. It would never have happened if the consent order reached by the FTC with Facebook had been vigorously and adequately enforced." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordNovember 26, 2018

Cambridge Analytica should never have happened. It would never have happened if the consent order reached by the FTC with Facebook had been vigorously and adequately enforced.

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Richard Blumenthal

Democratic · Connecticut

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Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal points out failures in FTC enforcement related to Facebook.

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