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CLASSIC: Cambridge Analytica and Facebook

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Cambridge Analytica's Secret Recording of Alexander Nix

The former chief executive of Cambridge Analytica was secretly recorded being a bit of a braggadouche. Alexander Nix said his firm did all the research, analytics, and targeting of voters for Donald Trump's digital and TV campaigns. He also said that he had personally met Trump when he was the candidate many times; they deployed dirty tricks like Honeytraps to swing election campaigns. This was recorded by an underground reporter who posed as a member of a wealthy family from Sri Lanka seeking political influence.

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