T he District of Columbia has sued Mark Zuckerberg over allegations he played a role in the 2016 Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Facebook, now called Meta, became engulfed in the scandal after it was discovered that the data of 87 million people was mined from the social media site and used for political advertising during elections. D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has now filed a lawsuit against Meta CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, who the state alleges played a role in the scandal. Racine said: "We continue to persist and have followed the evidence right to Mr Zuckerberg. "The evidence shows Mr. Zuckerberg was personally involved in Facebook's failure to protect the privacy and data of its users leading directly to the Cambridge Analytica incident." Meta did not immediately respond to requests for comment.