Whistleblower Says Cambridge Analytica Worked With Congress; BJP Demands Apology From Rahul

Wylie was the man who revealed to the New York Times and the U.K.’s Observer newspaper the practices of Cambridge Analytica and the data harvesting that took place. “The EAPC is bipartisan and actively supports the growth of data analytics on both the left and right”. A spokeswoman told the Associated Press that Facebook uses the information to rank contacts in Messenger so they are easier to find, and to suggest people to call. Here, users can opt into additional security features for their account, including two-factor authentication (if someone tries to log into an account from a device which isn’t associated with the account, Facebook will notify the user), and the ability to review their past activity – including deleting likes and shares or things they’ve searched for.

According to media reports, a documentary released a year ago by journalist Jamie Bartlett showed the “hand” symbol of the Congress adoring poster on the wall when Bartlett met Cambridge Analytica’s former CEO Alexander Nix in his London office.

“A full investigation must be conducted, and if Cambridge Analytica and its staff did in fact repeatedly violate our laws, then there must be punishment levied sufficient to deter similar lawbreaking in future”, he continued. “He was not, as he claims, a founder of Cambridge Analytica”, the firm, said in a statement.

Wylie portrayed Cambridge Analytica and its parent company, Strategic Communication Laboratories, as totally without qualms about breaking laws and undermining democracies around the world.

The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee and U.S. Senate Commerce Committee have already formally asked Zuckerberg to appear at a congressional hearing.

Facebook said Kogan asked for and gained access to information from users who chose to sign up for the app, “and everyone involved gave their consent“. “It is felt that there is a need for further information about the data breach from Facebook”. The social media platform’s stock value has dropped over $70 billion since the revelations were first published.

However, he said the main objective of Cambridge Analytica, SCL and other linked companies, was not merely to win elections, but to use their role in those elections to “capture” governments and then use those contacts to change laws and regulations for the benefit of other companies.

During this time, the market has also corrected with the S&P 500 Index down 6%, and the NASDAQ Index falling 7.5%.

Union Information and Broadcasting minister was quick to react on after video footage went viral on social media, “Kya Baat hai @RahulGandhi Ji”. It has managed to grow ARPU from US$4.83 in 4Q 2016 to US$6.18 in 4Q 2017.

Facebook said: “The claim that this is a data breach is completely false“. Since it listed in 2012, Facebook’s 1-year forward price-earnings ratio has averaged about 40x.

Fewer than half of Americans trust Facebook to obey USA privacy laws, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday, while a survey published by Bild am Sonntag, Germany’s largest-selling Sunday paper, found 60 per cent of Germans fear that Facebook and other social networks are having a negative impact on democracy.