Whistleblower says Facebook,Cambridge Analytica making him scapegoat
An academic from Cambridge University who harvested data on millions of Facebook users said he has been made a scapegoat by the social network and a UK-based political consultancy that have been accused of trying to sway public opinion for Donald Trump. Courtesy, Betanews Facebook has been rocked this week by a whistleblower who said that Cambridge Analytica, a UK-based political firm hired by Trump for the 2016 campaign, had improperly accessed information on 50 million Facebook users. The company has lost 60 billion dollars of its stock market value over the last two days over fears that its dealings with Cambridge Analytica might damage its reputation, deter advertisers and invite tougher regulation. Facebook has said the data was harvested by Aleksandr Kogan, a psychology academic, who created an app on the platform that was downloaded by 270,000 people. It says he then violated its policies by passing the data to Cambridge Analytica. “The events of the past week ...