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They also testified to Parliament that they had no business in Russia, and an ex-founder (who left on bad terms, admittedly) has since come out and said that wh
by roywiggins 9y ago
They also testified to Parliament that they had no business in Russia, and an ex-founder (who left on bad terms, admittedly) has since come out and said that when he was still there, they were sending a Russian oil company information about how to target American voters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/us/politics/cambridge-analytica-russia.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/us/politics/cambridge-ana...
- jrimbault 9y agoQuestion from a [mostly] ignorant person (me, about these subjets): Why would russian intelligence use an oil company as a shell ? Does Russia sell oil to the US ? If so do they market directly to individuals in the US ?
- alchemism 9y agoYes. Yes. Lukoil gas stations.
- mygo 9y agoyou must not understand how deeply tied the oil companies in Russia are to their government. They are essentially the same entity.
- jrimbault 9y agoThat I understand, but it seems like oil companies don't market directly to _people_, that they would collect data on individuals they don't market to seems highly suspicious in and of itself.