Delstat startar utredning: ”Alla förtjänar ett svar”
Den amerikanska delstaten Massachusetts justitiekansler Maura Healey inleder en utredning om dataanalysföretaget Cambridge Analytica – som har kopplingar till Donald Trumps presidentkampanj – och Facebook, skriver CNN.
– Massachusetts invånare förtjänar omedelbart svar från Facebook och Cambridge Analytica, skriver Healey på Twitter.
Beskedet kommer efter medierapporteringen om att Cambridge Analytica ska ha skördat personlig information om 50 miljoner Facebook-användare vilken man sedan sålt vidare till Trumps valkampanj.
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Wikipedia (en)
Cambridge Analytica (CA) is a privately held company that combines data mining and data analysis with strategic communication for the electoral process. It was created in 2013 as an offshoot of its British parent company SCL Group to participate in American politics. In 2014, CA was involved in 44 US political races. The company is partly owned by the family of Robert Mercer, an American hedge-fund manager who supports many politically conservative causes. The firm maintains offices in New York City, Washington, DC and London.
In 2015, it became known as the data analysis company working initially for Ted Cruz's presidential campaign. In 2016, after Cruz's campaign had faltered, CA worked for Donald Trump's presidential campaign, and on the Leave.EU-campaign for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. CA's role and impact on those campaigns has been disputed and is the subject of ongoing criminal investigations in both countries.
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