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Undercover Video Captures Trump Campaign’s Data Firm Discussing Entrapping Politicians With Sex

 

Undercover Video Captures Trump Campaign’s Data Firm Discussing Entrapping Politicians With Sex

Cambridge Analytica’s CEO also boasted of using other shady tactics.

By Andy Kroll, Mother Jones 

An undercover video report by Britain’s Channel 4 has captured footage of top executives at Cambridge Analytica, the controversial data-analytics firm that worked on Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, talking about sending Ukrainian “girls” to the home of an opposition candidate and covertly spreading propaganda online.

According to Channel 4, an undercover reporter for the network spoke with top officials from Cambridge Analytica on five separate occasions between November 2017 and January 2018 at different locations in London. The reporter posed as a “fixer” for a client hoping to influence Sri Lankan elections. One of the recorded meetings and a subsequent phone call included Cambridge CEO Alexander Nix.

On Saturday, a former employee for Cambridge Analytica went public with allegations that the company had harvested the Facebook data of 50 million people without their knowledge in a scheme that may have violated Facebook’s terms of services and data privacy laws. Facebook responded to the allegations by suspending Cambridge from accessing its platform until it had investigated the allegations. The company denied the charges, saying in a statement that ?it “fully complies with Facebook’s terms of service and ?is currently ?in touch with Facebook ?following its ?recent statement? that it had suspended the company from its platform, in order to resolve this matter as quickly as possible?.” The company also denied allegations that it misused Facebook data as reported this weekend by the Observer, New York Times, and Channel 4. 

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Channel 4 News: An undercover investigation by Channel 4 News reveals how Cambridge Analytica secretly campaigns in elections across the world. Bosses were filmed talking about using bribes, ex-spies, fake IDs and sex workers.

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