https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/19/dc-attorney-general-will-sue-facebook-over-cambridge-analytica.html > The Washington D.C. attorney general said Wednesday it will sue Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal on Wednesday. The lawsuit was first reported in the Washington Post. > D.C. prosecutors said in the lawsuit that Facebook misled users in violation of the District's Consumer Protection Procedures Act by allowing them to download an app produced by Cambridge Analytica which then improperly collected private information from the users without making them aware.