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Judi Lynn

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Tue Jul 31, 2018, 04:05 PM Jul 2018

Ex-US, Israel Intel Agents Involved in 'Anti-Kirchner' Campaign in 2015 Election

Published 31 July 2018

The House of Commons of the U.K. Parliament revealed the involvement of SCL Group and social media platforms in a campaign that favored Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri.

A report by the United Kingdom House of Commons has revealed that the company Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL) Group, a parent company of Cambridge Analytica led an anti-Kirchner campaign during the 2015 presidential elections in Argentina, which businessman Mauricio Macri, of the Cambiemos coalition, won with a margin of less than 4 percent.

The report titled Disinformation and ‘Fake News,’was written by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee to address the “devastating” consequences of using platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp to spread “rumors and fake news.”

The committee found there had been a management meeting at SCL Group in May 2015 to discuss an “anti-Kirchner campaign.” The report does not provide details on who hired the company’s services or whether the campaign targeted former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner or presidential candidate for Kirchner’s Front for Victory, Daniel Scioli.

More:
https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Ex-US-Israel-Intel-Agents-Involved-in-Anti-Kirchner-Campaign-in-2015-Election-20180731-0009.html

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