NEW: Facebook announces suspension of Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL) and its data firm, Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics operation that helped Donald Trump win the 2016 presidential election, for violating platform policies.

NEW: Facebook announces suspension of Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL) and its data firm, Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics operation that helped Donald Trump win the 2016 presidential election, for violating platform policies. pic.twitter.com/YEhCh3NKTz

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