Christopher Wylie reveals Cambridge Analytica harvested 87 million Facebook profiles without consent for political manipulation, triggering global privacy crisis
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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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The Guardian’s Harry Davies published the first exposé revealing Cambridge Analytica’s use of harvested Facebook data for US Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign without user consent. Millions of Americans’ personal information were collected and weaponized for political …
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