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The U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Energy And Commerce's April 9, 2018 memo titled "Hearing on “Facebook: Transparency and Use of Consumer Data.”" cited Kalev's Forbes article "Why Are We Only Now Talking About Facebook And Elections?" for background on the Obama campaign's use of Facebook harvesting.