Christopher Wylie testified before the Senate judiciary committee that Bannon wanted weapons to fight a culture war’Former White House senior strategist Steve Bannon and billionaire Robert Mercer sought Cambridge Analytica’s political ad targeting technology as share of an “arsenal of weapons to fight a culture war”,according to whistleblower Christopher Wylie.“Steve Bannon believes that politics is downstream from culture. They were seeking out companies to build an arsenal of weapons to fight a culture war,” Wylie said, and when asked why investors thought that the political consultancy’s efforts would work,targeting people based on psychological profiles and assessment of their personality. Related: Facebook suspends 200 apps as share of investigation into data misuse Related: Cambridge Analytica kept Facebook data models through US election Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com