<span style="color: #222222;">Britain's Information Commissioner has slapped Facebook with a fine of 500,000 pounds for its behaviour in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. </span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The ICO's investigation found that between 2007 to 2014, Facebook processed the personal information of users unfairly by giving app developers access to their information without informed consent. </span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The fine was the maximum allowed under the law at the time the breach occurred.&nbsp;</span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Social media companies have come under pressure globally following allegations that political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica used data from tens of millions of Facebook accounts to profile voters and help US President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign.</span><br />” &nbsp;