Sheryl Sandberg, Meta’s former Chief Operating Officer, is facing mounting legal challenges related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal as a Delaware judge has sanctioned Sandberg for allegedly deleting emails tied to a shareholder lawsuit, which accuses her and former Meta board member Jeff Zients of violating legal obligations regarding user privacy.

Britain's data regulator says it will fine Facebook half a million pounds ($660,000) for failing to protect users' data, in an inquiry into whether personal information had been misused by campaigns on both sides of Britain's 2016 EU referendum.

Cambridge Analytica, the British marketing analytics firm, announces that it was closing and would file for insolvency in Britain and the United States after failing to recover from the Facebook data scandal.

India's government sends a notice to Facebook asking whether the personal data of Indian voters and users has been compromised by UK-based Cambridge Analytica or any other downstream entity.