Facebook must disclose app records for Massachusetts probe, judge rules

Cambridge's clients had included U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign

Facebook Inc has been ordered by a Massachusetts judge to turn over material to the state’s attorney general about thousands of apps that the social media company suspected may have misused customer data.

In a decision made public on Friday, Massachusetts Superior Court Justice Brian Davis said Attorney General Maura Healey had demonstrated a “substantial need” for the material, as she investigates Facebook’s privacy practices.

Healey began her probe in March 2018, following news that Facebook had let British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica access data for as many as 87 million users.

Cambridge’s clients had included U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2016 election