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| Cambridge Analytica’s London offices sealed off over ‘suspect package’ | Cambridge Analytica’s London offices sealed off over ‘suspect package’ |
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| An exclusion zone has been lifted in central London after reports of a suspicious package saw Cambridge Analytica’s London HQ evacuated. Emergency crews were called to the New Oxford Street building on Thursday afternoon. | |
| Images on social media showed a police cordon in place and emergency vehicles in attendance. Police closed nearby roads "as a precaution" and said "no injuries have been reported." | |
| Surrounding streets were closed to traffic, the Met Police confirmed. “We were called at 13:26 to a report of a suspicious package,” a police spokesperson said. “Enquiries are ongoing. Specialist officers are en route.” Occupants of the building were spotted being led away. | |
| Firefighters were also on scene.“We are standing by but this is a Met Police incident,” a spokesman confirmed. Cordons were lifted just over an hour later. | |
| The London-based political consultancy has been at the center of a storm this week after a whistleblower said the company had paid an academic to harvest the data of 50 million Facebook users to build profiles of American voters before the 2016 U.S. election. | The London-based political consultancy has been at the center of a storm this week after a whistleblower said the company had paid an academic to harvest the data of 50 million Facebook users to build profiles of American voters before the 2016 U.S. election. |
| Britain's Channel 4 also ran an expose that caught Cambridge Analytica (CA) executives on camera explaining the questionable methods used by the company to assist their clients - including the entrapment and of rival political candidates in fake bribery stings and hiring prostitutes to seduce them. | Britain's Channel 4 also ran an expose that caught Cambridge Analytica (CA) executives on camera explaining the questionable methods used by the company to assist their clients - including the entrapment and of rival political candidates in fake bribery stings and hiring prostitutes to seduce them. |
| In one recording, the company’s CEO Alexander Nix can be seen telling undercover reporters: “It sounds a dreadful thing to say, but these are things that don’t necessarily need to be true as long as they’re believed.” | In one recording, the company’s CEO Alexander Nix can be seen telling undercover reporters: “It sounds a dreadful thing to say, but these are things that don’t necessarily need to be true as long as they’re believed.” |
| Nix has since been suspended and Britain's Information Commissioner has said it is seeking a warrant to raid the office. | Nix has since been suspended and Britain's Information Commissioner has said it is seeking a warrant to raid the office. |
| CA's offices are on one of Britain's main shopping streets in the center of London. | CA's offices are on one of Britain's main shopping streets in the center of London. |
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