Global Science Research

SCL Elections Contracts with Kogan to Launch Cambridge Analytica Data Operation

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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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Aleksandr Kogan Creates "thisisyourdigitallife" Facebook Data Harvesting App

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University of Cambridge researcher Aleksandr Kogan develops the “thisisyourdigitallife” personality quiz app through his company Global Science Research, designed to exploit Facebook’s API permissions to harvest user data. The app is marketed as a psychological research tool …

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Aleksandr Kogan creates 'This Is Your Digital Life' Facebook app; data later used by Cambridge Analytica

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Cambridge University researcher Aleksandr Kogan developed a personality-quiz app that collected data via Facebook’s API and shared it with Cambridge Analytica. Regulators later documented deceptive practices; Facebook estimated up to ~87 million users were affected.

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