Cambridge Analytica

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May.22.2018: Wow. Multiple Trump stories just ran smack into each other. Who should turn up in a story about Psy Group, the Israeli intelligence outfit, that met with Don Trump, the Saudis & UAE? Why, it's only Cambridge Analytica... Carole Cadwalladr, Twitter. Links to this article: Mueller Asked About Money Flows to Israeli Social-Media Firm

Apr.07.2018: Why are we all getting so worked up about a bit of advertising & advertising overpend? A short thread to try to explain why adverts matter. Excellent thread explaining very simply how adverts can influence you. Eg: They looked at your neighbour who had just had an interview for a job, but failed to get it. He was posting remarks about the nationalities or the colour of some of the other interviewees. They posted ads to him saying that the UK had too many immigrants. @Fish_In_A_Hat, Twitter.

Mar.23.2018: Cambridge Analytica's blueprint for Trump victory. Leaked: Cambridge Analytica's blueprint for Trump victory. Former employee explains how presentation showed techniques used to target voters. lots of graphics here, useful explanation too. Paul Lewis, Paul Hilder, The Guardian.

Mar.21.2018: MoD granted 'List X' status to Cambridge Analytica parent company. MPs call for investigation into concerns over SCL Group and its access to secret documents. Holly Watt, The Guardian.

Mar.20.2018: 'Utterly horrifying': ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine. Sandy Parakilas, the platform operations manager at Facebook responsible for policing data breaches by third-party software developers between 2011 and 2012, says numerous companies deployed these techniques – likely affecting hundreds of millions of users – and that Facebook looked the other way. Paul Lewis, The Guardian: Cambridge Analytica Files.

Mar.20.2018: Cambridge Analytica execs boast of role in getting Trump elected. Execs from firm at heart of Facebook data breach say they used ‘unattributable and untrackable’ ads, according to undercover expose. Emma Graham-Harrison, Carole Cadwalladr, The Guardian.

Mar.17.2018: Whistleblower reveals to Channel 4 News data grab of 50 million Facebook profiles by Cambridge Analytica – data firm linked to Trump win (Video). The British data firm described as “pivotal” in Donald Trump’s presidential victory was behind a ‘data grab’ of more than 50 million Facebook profiles, a whistleblower has revealed to Channel 4 News. Andy Davies, Channel 4 News.

Mar.17.2018: The Cambridge Analytica Files. Carole Cadwallada's entire collection is here. The Guardian.

Dec.19.2017: A Groundbreaking Case May Force Controversial Data Firm Cambridge Analytica to Reveal Trump Secrets. Before the 2016 presidential campaign, David Carroll, a media professor at New York’s Parsons School of Design, didn’t know much, if anything, about Cambridge Analytica. Despite studying data collection and privacy, he says he had probably only heard the name of the data analytics company mentioned once or twice. But that was before the election. And it was before, of course, it became clear that the firm—partially owned by Trump mega-donor Robert Mercer and the place where former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon once served as vice president—would help propel Donald Trump into the White House by cultivating vast troves of information on an untold number of American voters to craft controversial and highly targeted political messages. (more...) Jackie Flynn Mogensen, The Guardian.