Cambridge Analytica worked for Russians in 2014

[UCmeNdc]

Controversial British firm Cambridge Analytica is back in the news this week after being kicked off Facebook for misusing personal information culled from users.

A just-released report from the New York Times could make a bad week worse. The report finds that the company had contacts with Russians about targeting American voters going back to 2014.

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According to the Times, executives from Lukoil, the Russian oil giant with close ties to Vladimir Putin, approached the company about influencing elections during three meetings in 2014 and 2015.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/bombshell-new-report-says-british-data-firm-promoted-trump-worked-russians-2014/#.Wq3lno5nJ5o.mailto

[bettyellen]

1. The professor at Cambridge leading research was born in Russia and got grants from them for research

into stressors on people using thre internet- how to push their buttons. He also held a position at St Petersburg U- at the same time! And they were warned Brits shouldn’t be doing this work for American politicians- even friendly countries citizens cannot work for campaigns! This is crazy!

[UCmeNdc]

2. Thanks for this information

I did not know this. No wonder why Cambridge Analytica had so many Russian Staff connections.

[bettyellen]

4. Youre welcome! The professor I am talking about is the one with two names-

He actually changed it to something bizarre and evil sounding and changed it back. Actually three names if you count the original Rus spelling of his first name!

(Apologies for not remembering the names themselves- ha- but it’s all true and quite bizarre!!) it’s beyond the pale the Russians actually paid the seed money for this research through a Uni like Cambridge.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Someone is suing Cam. Anal. through British channels

(no pun) and it is legal. I wonder if Facebook can be sued? I bet Facebook knew what was going on and I am sure Mueller will know if he doesn't already.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/17/politics/professor-lawsuit-cambridge-analytica/index.html

[triron]

5. This seems to be linked to the NYT article I cited in another post.

[triron]

6. knr