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This might be less of a shutdown and more of a rebirth: http://uk.businessinsider.com/cambridge-analytica-executives-and-mercer-family-launch-emerdata-2018-3?r=

• mikepurvis 9y ago
  This sort of thing is why it's so important that bad actors face personal liability and actual criminal charges. Way too easy to just walk away and restart the same scam with a new name.
• matt4077 9y ago
  In business, it’s often possible to change the name and get the plausible deniability you need to continue. In politics, any future venture by these people is going to have a difficult time. No candidate wants to be called out for employing anyone from CA’s core team now. What’s also going to be really hard to shake is th litany of articles pointing out that CA actually failed pretty badly at achieving its promises. Just consider the “honey trap” offers they were making: if you actually own the secret sauce to influence elections with big data and machine learning and psycho ops... why go for the oldest, most shady trick in the book?
  • bartread 9y ago
    I hope you're right and that things will change for the better as a result.