Tag: SCL Elections
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Cambridge Analytica: Facebook material might still be on SCL servers
An independent investigation into the Cambridge Analytica (CA) data privacy scandal has published report affirming that some traces of metadata from Facebook material (actual or historic) might still, in some form, be on SCL Elections servers. The report, however, revealed that data analytics firm, CA, an offspring of SCL Elections, had destroyed the Facebook users…
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Breaking: Cambridge Analytica shuts down operations
SCL Elections and its offspring data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytic (CA), have filed applications to commence insolvency proceedings in the United Kingdom that will also affect operations of certain SCL affiliates. TheNewsGuru reports the Company is immediately ceasing all operations and the boards have applied to appoint insolvency practitioners Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP to act…
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Cambridge Analytica: Finally investigation unravels data size mystery
The report of an independent investigation to unravel the mystery behind data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica (CA), harvesting over 87 million Facebook users data have been made public. The investigation reveals SCL Elections, parent company of CA entered into two contract agreements with Cambridge University Professor Aleksandr Kogan’s firm, Global Science Research (“GSR”) that developed…
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Breaking: Investigation confirms Israeli intelligence involvement in Nigeria’s election
An investigation into the Cambridge Analytica (CA) data privacy scandal has revealed key findings and confirmed Israeli intelligence involvement in the 2015 presidential elections in Nigeria. TheNewsGuru reports independent investigators, Julian Malins Q. C. and Linda Hudson, contracted to dig into the data privacy scandal, confirmed that Israeli intelligence worked to campaign for former President…
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British lawmakers publish evidence from Cambridge Analytica whistleblower
A committee of British lawmakers on Thursday published written evidence provided by a whistleblower who said information about 50 million Facebook users ended up in the hands of political consultancy — Cambridge Analytica. Christopher Wylie, who worked for Cambridge Analytica, alleged that the data was used to build profiles on American voters and generate support…
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Compromised election: Buhari’s Govt. reacts to Cambridge Analytica revelations
After TheNewsGuru reported the President Muhammadu Buhari administration silence to Cambridge Analytica revelations is alarming, the government has stood up to the occasion requesting the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) to address allegations it actually hired the data analytics firm or not. TheNewsGuru reports data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica and its parent company, SCL Elections, confirmed…
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Cambridge Analytica accepts probe into data practices
Data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica has accepted a probe into how it handled about 50 million data of users on Facebook it obtained from Cambridge University Professor Aleksandr Kogan. Kogan reportedly harvested the Facebook data using a personality quiz app and shared it Cambridge Analytica. Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg had since addressed…
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Cambridge Analytica confirms rendering Jonathan services against Buhari – Report
Under-fire data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica, has confirmed it had been hired by a Nigerian billionaire, who supported ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, to execute a campaign against Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 general elections. According to a report, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, SCL Elections, made the confirmation it was hired in the wake of…