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Curiously, just weeks ago, Alexander Nix (CEO of Cambridge Analytica) stated, in a letter to UK Parliament, that they gather no such information: "On 8 Februar

Curiously, just weeks ago, Alexander Nix (CEO of Cambridge Analytica) stated, in a letter to UK Parliament, that they gather no such information: "On 8 February 2018 Mr Matheson implied that Cambridge Analytica "gathers data from users on Facebook." Cambridge Analytica does not gather such data." Quoted from 'Letter from Alexander Nix, CEO, Cambridge Analytica, to the Chair of the Committee, 23 February 2018' (PDF), linked from this page: https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/digital-culture-media-and-sport-committee/news/cambridge-analytica-ev/ https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z... — So it would seem that they've been caught with their pants on fire then?

jimnotgym 9y ago
It is interesting to see Arron Banks (Arch Brexiteer and the money(under investigation by the Electoral Commission) behind Leave.EU) calling Nix a liar on Twitter recently. It is alleged that Banks colluded with other pro-Brexit campaigns to spend a lot of money with a CA subsidiary. By spreading it around the groups they would have been able to breach the election spending limits. It is also alleged that the money itself came from outside the UK (which is also illegal) It's a twisted web but here is an entry point with Carole Cadwalladr of the Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/07/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/07/the-great...