Cambridge Analytica Deletes, Reposts Tweet Claiming They Didn't Use Facebook Data For Trump Campaign

[DonViejo]

by Aidan McLaughlin | 7:01 am, March 20th, 2018

Cambridge Analytica, the data firm that worked for President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, tweeted on Tuesday morning that it didn’t use any Facebook data during the race – before swiftly deleting the tweet, and then apparently reposting it.

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Carole Cadwalladr, the Guardian journalist who has been on the forefront of breaking news about Cambridge Analytica’s sketchy dealings in the 2016 election, noted on Twitter that the firm deleted a curious tweet after just three minutes:

Link to tweet

While the original tweet was indeed deleted, it appears the firm later reposted it:

Link to tweet

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Cambridge Analytica, a firm partially owned by Robert Mercer — a Republican megadonor who also funded Breitbart — was paid $6 million by the Trump campaign. The Trump campaign reportedly used CA through the primaries, but switched to the Republican National Committee’s data services for the general election.

Alexander Nix, the CEO of Cambridge Analytica, has " target="_blank">previously claimed that the firm did not use any Facebook data in the campaign.

He also claims his firm did not try to entrap politicians with prostitutes, but video of him boasting of doing so, filmed surreptitiously as part of a Channel 4 investigation, suggests otherwise.

full article
https://www.mediaite.com/online/cambridge-analytica-deletes-reposts-tweet-claiming-they-didnt-use-facebook-data-for-trump-campaign/

[TubbersUK]

1. They said similar to a Commons select committee and are now being called back to explain themselves

Presumably, they're at a point at which they have to decide whether to double down or come clean.

From your post it looks like they're conflicted or getting ready play semantics.

18 March 2018
In response to the fact that Cambridge Analytica has been suspended from Facebook, and further evidence revealed by The Guardian and The Observer this weekend, the Chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Damian Collins MP, said:

"Alexander Nix denied to the Committee last month that his company had received any data from the Global Science Research company (GSR). From the evidence that has been published by The Guardian and The Observer this weekend, it seems clear that he has deliberately mislead the Committee and Parliament by giving false statements. We will be contacting Alexander Nix next week asking him to explain his comments, and answer further questions relating to the links between GSR and Cambridge Analytica, and its associate companies.

"We have repeatedly asked Facebook about how companies acquire and hold on to user data from their site, and in particular whether data had been taken from people without their consent. Their answers have consistently understated this risk, and have also been misleading to the Committee.

“Data has been taken from Facebook users without their consent, and was then processed by a third party and used to support their campaigns. Facebook knew about this, and the involvement of Cambridge Analytica with it, and deliberately avoided answering straight questions from the Committee about it. They have also failed to supply the Committee with evidence relating to the relationship between Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, that we were promised at our evidence hearing on 8th February in Washington D.C.

https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/digital-culture-media-and-sport-committee/news/cambridge-analytica-statement/