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applegrove

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Mon Mar 19, 2018, 02:29 AM Mar 2018

Canadian at centre of Facebook data scandal cut political teeth with Liberals [View all]

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Canadian at centre of Facebook data scandal cut political teeth with Liberals

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Cambridge Analytica, the company named by Wylie as being behind the massive leak, exploited private social media activity to help allow the Trump campaign to better target voters by profiling their behaviour and personalities ahead of the U.S. election, according to the reports. The firm connected with Trump’s political adviser Steve Bannon, whom Wylie also met, the reports said.

Wylie, a 28-year-old from British Columbia, is the data scientist who spoke out about controversy. He’s also the man who helped found Cambridge Analytica.

“I do feel responsible for it and it’s something that I regret,” Wylie said in a video interview posted on The Observer’s web page.

“It was a grossly unethical experiment because you are playing with an entire country, the psychology of an entire country, without their consent or awareness.”



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