https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/24/pr_crises_all_round_facebook_cant_admit_the_truth_says_dataslurp_boffin/

The Cambridge boffin behind mass slurp of Facebook users’ information has said the social network is in “PR crisis mode” - as Cambridge Analytica has enacted a crisis management of its own.

In a hearing in the UK’s parliament, Aleksandr Kogan was grilled on his work with Facebook user data - which began as a research project in collaboration with Zuck & Co, and resulted in him developing the app at the heart of the latest scandal.