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| Cambridge Analytica whistle-blower Christopher Wylie gives evidence to MPs (WATCH LIVE) | Cambridge Analytica whistle-blower Christopher Wylie gives evidence to MPs (WATCH LIVE) |
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| A whistleblower who blew the lid off Cambridge Analytica’s links to Facebook, and the sharing of millions of people’s data, has opened up about the company. He is appearing in front of British MPs at the DCMS committee. | |
| Accusations of fake offices, suspicious deaths, and collusion have emerged in the explosive questioning of the whistleblower, Christopher Wylie. Former CA director Wylie spent a year working with the British press over how the company obtained people’s personal information from Facebook. | |
| Speaking to MPs in Parliament, Wylie is being questioned on the inner workings of the company. Wylie revealed links with Cambridge University – and revealed they set up “fake offices” to impress Steve Bannon, who was more impressed with student movements than “offices in Mayfair.” | |
| Committee members called out Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, insisting he should be questioned over how millions of users’ details got into the hands of political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, after the company said it would send another executive to appear before them. | |
| “We would still like to hear from Mr Zuckerberg as well,” Damian Collins, who heads Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee, said on Tuesday. | |
| “We will seek to clarify with Facebook whether he is available to give evidence or not as that wasn’t clear from our correspondence and if he is available to give evidence then we will be happy to do that either in person or by video link.” | |
| Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm, reportedly obtained data through a program designed by an ex-employee, Cambridge University researcher Aleksandr Kogan. | |
| Billions were wiped off Facebook’s stock price in the wake of the revelations, and news sites rushed to cover the rapidly unfolding story. | |
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