Alexander Nix

Facebook Suspends Cambridge Analytica and SCL After Whistleblower Revelations

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Facebook suspends Cambridge Analytica and parent company SCL from its platform following explosive revelations by whistleblower Christopher Wylie about systematic data harvesting affecting 87 million users. The suspension comes only after The Guardian and New York Times publish comprehensive exposés …

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Cambridge Analytica Deploys Harvested Facebook Data for Trump Campaign Electoral Manipulation

| Importance: 10/10

Cambridge Analytica utilizes 87 million harvested Facebook profiles to conduct targeted psychological manipulation for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. The operation represents systematic electoral interference using illegally obtained personal data to influence American voters through …

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SCL Elections Contracts with Kogan to Launch Cambridge Analytica Data Operation

| Importance: 9/10

Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL) Group enters into contract with Aleksandr Kogan’s Global Science Research to acquire Facebook user data for Cambridge Analytica’s political targeting operations. This partnership transforms Kogan’s academic research into a commercial data …

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