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Data firm boss suspended amid Facebook row Cambridge Analytica: Facebook row firm boss suspended
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Cambridge Analytica suspends boss Alexander Nix amid row over use of Facebook data Cambridge Analytica, the firm involved in a row over its use of Facebook data, has suspended its boss Alexander Nix.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. The chief executive's comments, secretly recorded by Channel 4 News, "do not represent the values or operations of the firm," the firm said.
You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. In news reports shown on Monday, Mr Nix suggested tactics his company could use to discredit politicians online.
However, Cambridge Analytica said the report had "grossly misrepresented" the conversations caught on camera.
Further filming by Channel 4 News, broadcast on Tuesday, showed Mr Nix claiming his firm had run the US election campaign for Donald Trump in 2016.
He said that the work the company did, including research, analytics and targeted campaigning, allowed Mr Trump to win with a narrow margin of "40,000 votes" in three states.
A statement from Cambridge Analytica's board of directors said Mr Nix had been suspended with "immediate effect, pending a full, independent investigation".
It added: "In the view of the Board, Mr Nix's recent comments secretly recorded by Channel 4 and other allegations do not represent the values or operations of the firm and his suspension reflects the seriousness with which we view this violation."