Adam Schiff says Trump campaign may have used ‘illegitimately acquired data’ to aid sway electionCambridge Analytica: links to Moscow oil firm and St Petersburg universityUS congressional investigators want the head of data firm Cambridge Analytica to testify again before their committee,under subpoena whether necessary, after a whistleblower claimed the company exploited Facebook and received millions of people’s profiles that were taken without authorisation. Related: Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach NameThis tale is more evidence that the online political advertising market is essentially the wild west Related: Staff claim Cambridge Analytica ignored US ban on foreigners working on elections Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com