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Facebook Suspends Cambridge Analytica and SCL After Whistleblower Revelations

2018-03-16 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

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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SCL Elections Contracts with Kogan to Launch Cambridge Analytica Data Operation

2014-06-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | 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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