Scientist at centre of Facebook scandal didn't think data would be used to target voters
21 Mar 2018 09:15

Scientist at centre of Facebook scandal didn't think data would be used to target voters 

The man who helped gather Facebook users' information for Cambridge Analytica claims that he didn't think it'd be used to target voters.
Data scientist Aleksandr Kogan, who also goes by the surname of Spectre, told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Tuesday that he was "heavily siloed" from knowing about the UK data firm's clients and funders, who are linked to the 2016 Trump election campaign.
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"I found out about Donald Trump just like everybody else, through the news," Kogan told the program.


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Everything you need to know about the Cambridge Analytica controversy Scientist at centre of Facebook scandal didn't think data would be used to target voters At more than 310,000 likes, the official Black Lives Matter Facebook page has a sizeable following.
Yet as CNN has discovered, an imposter page, which uses the campaign's name, has amassed more than 700,000 likes.
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The page is allegedly linked to a website owned by an Australian man, Ian Mackay, who has registered a number of sites related to black civil rights like blackpowerfist.com.
At least $100,000 was brought in via online fundraising associated with the Facebook page, for causes purportedly for BLM. However, according to the report, some of this money was instead transferred to Australian bank accounts.
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