Analytica

For the first time, an internal document from Cambridge Analytica reveals how they say they helped Donald Trump win the presidency by using platforms like Google, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, and …

Cambridge Analytica, the political consulting company that worked with Trump’s campaign and collected raw data from as many as 87 million Facebook users, is closing its doors. There’s a pretty …

The algorithm behind the Facebook data scandal sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie. It digs through the smallest, most random posts – those “likes” people click on while …

Just after midnight on January 1, 2020, a Twitter account named @hindsightfiles, believed to be run by Brittany Kaiser, who used to work at Cambridge Analytica, leaked some confidential papers …

The first time I saw Christopher Wylie, he hadn’t dyed his hair pink yet. That came later. Along with his goal to turn back the clock. To somehow put the …

The data company linked to Donald Trump’s campaign and the Brexit leave side scooped up millions of Facebook profiles belonging to US voters in one of the biggest hacks ever …

Alexander Nix, who’s currently suspended as CEO of Cambridge Analytica, is shown speaking at a 2016 event in New York City. He and his company are accused of mishandling personal …

Mark Zuckerberg was put under tough questioning by Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday, focusing on the Cambridge Analytica scandal and Facebook’s hesitation to regulate political ads. During a hearing with …

Cambridge Analytica hired people who weren’t US citizens to work on American election campaigns, even though that’s against federal law-and they had been warned about the risks beforehand. Back in …

People thought the internet would save democracy. The web, especially social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, was expected to make sharing information easier and more open. It was supposed …