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A year ago, it was widely reported that Cambridge Analytica had very little to do with the Trump campaign's digital strategy[1][2][3]. This was corroborated by
by pdog 9y ago
A year ago, it was widely reported that Cambridge Analytica had very little to do with the Trump campaign's digital strategy[1][2][3]. This was corroborated by GOP consultants, campaign staffers, and current and former Cambridge employees. What changed?
[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/us/politics/cambridge-analytica.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/us/politics/cambridge-ana...
[2]: https://www.buzzfeed.com/kendalltaggart/the-truth-about-the-trump-data-team-that-people-are-freaking https://www.buzzfeed.com/kendalltaggart/the-truth-about-the-...
[3]: https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-08/no-big-data-didn-t-win-the-u-s-election https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-08/no-big-da...
- orf 9y agoMembers of the Trump team and GOP members lying about things, especially involving foreign countries/entities getting involved in the election? Who would have thought it.
- FLUX-YOU 9y ago1. The whistleblower coming forward with a story, and 2. Facebook's leaky API and how Kogan was allowed to continue by lying and saying the harvesting was for academic purposes
- api 9y agoBoth could be true. Trump himself may not have known much, but CA could have pushed for his election as part of a more global push for nationalism and identity politics.