(ANSA) - Rome, March 20 - Italy's media watchdog AGCOM on
Tuesday asked Facebook for information on the use of data
analytics for the purpose of political communication by third
parties, the watchdog said in a statement.
The move came amid the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Facebook is under investigation in the US and the UK on the
suspected vote-influencing profile harvesting scandal over
Brexit and the US presidential elections.
Mark Zuckerberg has been summoned by a British parliamentary
panel and the European Parliament.
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For political communication by third parties