#260 | The Cambridge Analytica Scandal

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In March of 2018, it was revealed that 50 million Facebook
profiles had been "hacked" and used to target American
voters. 


The story involved Donald Trump, a supposed Russian spy, a
Cambridge researcher and a political consulting company.


The only problem was, how much of it was actually true?


The breaking of the story on March 18th 2018

A summary of the Cambridge Analytica report in The Guardian

The academic: Aleksandr Kogan

The role of Facebook in 2012

Quiz apps on Facebook (and their real purpose)

The role of Cambridge Analytica (the company)

Building "This Is Your Digital Life"

How many people took the quiz?

Was there really a "data breach"?

What was Aleksandr Kogan's involvement in the story?

The results come in: was the Facebook data effective at
guessing someone's personality?

Cambridge Analytica's message to its clients: "5,000 data
points on over 220 million Americans"

Working for Ted Cruz

Working for the Donald Trump Campaign

The news breaking in 2018

Was Cambridge Analytica involved in Brexit?

Conclusion: Did Cambridge Analytica actually have any
involvement in the US election?



Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary
available on the website:
https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/cambridge-analytica


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