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Cambridge Analytica

— March 20, 2018

Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach

Whistleblower describes how firm linked to former Trump adviser Steve Bannon compiled user data to target American voters

‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower

For more than a year we’ve been investigating Cambridge Analytica and its links to the Brexit Leave campaign in the UK and Team Trump in the US presidential election. Now, 28-year-old Christopher Wylie goes on the record to discuss his role in hijacking the profiles of millions of Facebook users in order to target the US electorate

How Trump Consultants Exploited the Facebook Data of Millions

An examination by The New York Times and The Observer of London reveals how Cambridge Analytica’s drive to bring to market a potentially powerful new weapon put the firm — and wealthy conservative investors seeking to reshape politics — under scrutiny from investigators and lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic.

How Cambridge Analytica turned Facebook ‘likes’ into a lucrative political tool

The algorithm used in the Facebook data breach trawled though personal data for information on sexual orientation, race, gender – and even intelligence and childhood trauma

The Long History of Computer Science and Psychology Comes Into View

Understanding that legacy can help us stop the next Cambridge Analytica.

Here’s Why That Recent Abuse of Facebook Data Matters

Yes, it’s easy to point a well-deserved finger at Cambridge Analytica, and another at Facebook. But it’s too neat to pin it on those two when the problem is so much larger and insidious

From Insiders

This is how Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook targeting model really worked — according to the person who built it

The method was similar to the one Netflix uses to recommend movies — no crystal ball, but good enough to make an effective political tool.

Former Cambridge Analytica exec says she wants lies to stop

Brittany Kaiser talks about her time inside the controversial political data firm and why she is speaking out now

The Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower Said He Wanted To Create “The NSA’s Wet Dream”

Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower who helped found Cambridge Analytica, recently came clean about his role in creating the controversial data mining outfit. BuzzFeed News has obtained communications that show what he was thinking when he went about founding what would become Cambridge Analytica and why being “evil pays more.

Facebook Ban

Cambridge Analytica and the mindset revolution

Facebook banned Cambridge Analytica because of how they used the platform, not for what they did, explains the chief product officer at Wavemaker UK.

Data

Follow-Up Questions For Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and Trump Campaign on Massive Breach

Facebook’s rules for accessing user data lured more than just Cambridge Analytica

‘The data hasn’t gone away’: How Facebook opened Pandora’s box of user data and has struggled to shut it

Don’t waste the Cambridge Analytica scandal: it’s a chance to take control of our data

Connection To Russia

Cambridge Analytica and Russian Bots Used the Same Strategy

What Did Cambridge Analytica Say?

Cambridge Analytica Execs Caught Discussing Extortion and Fake News

IN A SERIES of undercover videos filmed over the last year, Britain’s Channel 4 News caught executives at Cambridge Analytica appear to say they could extort politicians, send women to entrap them, and help proliferate propaganda to help their clients. The sting operation was conducted as part of an ongoing investigation into Cambridge Analytica, a data consulting firm that worked for President Trump’s 2016 campaign.

Cambridge Analytica boasts of dirty tricks to swing elections

Bosses tell undercover reporters how honey traps, spies and fake news can be used to help clients

Facebooks Reaction

Zuck Ducks the Tough Questions

The Facebook CEO finally spoke, but did he say anything new?

‘Facebook has totally screwed up’: How Facebook bungled its response to the Cambridge Analytica crisis

Crisis experts believe Facebook couldn’t have messed up more.


Fallout

The Facebook-Cambridge Analytica fallout continues.

Data breach? No. Pretty bad? Yes Hidden cameras. Leadership disagreements. And, oh yeah, misinformation is still a problem.

It will lead to regulation on advertising

‘The end of the Wild West’: Facebook-Cambridge Analytica revelations cast shadow on online ad practices

For years, the digital ad industry has rebuffed most proposals to regulate ad targeting. The frequent mantra was that personally identifiable information isn’t used, no harm is done and, besides, the direct mail industry is far more invasive. In light of the spotlight being shone onto Cambridge Analytica, that approach probably won’t work.

 

Zuckerburg Testifying

Under questioning, Zuckerberg doesn’t help digital advertising’s creepy reputation

5 Recurring Themes From Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate Hearing

If Zuck’s Prepared Statements Prove One Thing, It’s That Facebook Has Become Far Too Big

Everything You Need to Know From Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional Testimony: Day 1

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