A day after disclosing that the Congress was a client of Cambridge Analytica, whistleblower Christopher Wylie on Wednesday exposed more…
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Canadian data analytics expert Christopher Wylie who worked at Cambridge Analytica appears as a witness before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee of members of the British parliament at the Houses of Parliament in central London on March 27, 2018 as part of the committee's investigation into fake news. (Photo: AFP PHOTO / PRU)
A day after disclosing that the Congress was a client of Cambridge Analytica, whistleblower Christopher Wylie on Wednesday exposed more details in connection with Cambridge Analytica’s activities in India.
Cambridge Analytica is accused of gathering the details of 50 million users through Facebook. The data sold to Cambridge Analytica by Facebook was used to influence the 2016 US presidential elections.
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In a tweet, Wylie, who is a former Cambridge Analytica employee, added three documents and wrote, “Yes SCL/CA works in India and has offices there. This is what modern colonialism looks like.”
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In the latest revelation, Wylie has named Janata Dal (United) as one of the clients of the Cambridge Analytica.
Wylie added that the Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL), Cambridge Analytica’s parent firm, has a database of seven lakh villages in 600 districts of India which is constantly updated. He further claimed that the company has been conducting caste census and campaigning for political parties in India since 2003.
On 27 March, Wylie had alleged that the company had worked extensively in India and believed it was employed by the Congress party.
“They (Cambridge Analytica) worked extensively in India. They have an office in India. I believe their client was Congress, but I know that they have done all kinds of projects. I don’t remember a national project but I know regionally. India’s so big that one state can be as big as Britain. But they do have offices there, they do have staff there,” the 28-year-old had said.
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