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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMoD granted 'List X' status to Cambridge Analytica parent company
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/21/mod-cambridge-analytica-parent-company-scl-group-list-xThe chair of the Commons home affairs committee has called for a full investigation into the activities of Cambridge Analytica after it emerged that its parent company was granted provisional List X status by the Ministry of Defence until 2013, granting it access to secret documents.
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According to an assessment of the method by the Cdr Steve Tatham of the Royal Navy in 2015, it allows governments to diagnose the exact groupings that exist within target populations, leading to a ranking that depends upon the degree of influence they may have in either promoting or mitigating constructive behaviour.
It then uses psycho-social research parameters in order to determine how best to change that groups behaviour.
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According to an assessment of the method by the Cdr Steve Tatham of the Royal Navy in 2015, it allows governments to diagnose the exact groupings that exist within target populations, leading to a ranking that depends upon the degree of influence they may have in either promoting or mitigating constructive behaviour.
It then uses psycho-social research parameters in order to determine how best to change that groups behaviour.
So Cambridge Analytica learned this controversial research approach from military propoganda operation they were paid to take part in and then applied it to regime and policy changes in UK, US, Kenya, Brazil and who knows how many other countries.
I wonder also if they made use of the data from this and possibly other contracts in pushing Brexit.
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MoD granted 'List X' status to Cambridge Analytica parent company (Original Post)
suffragette
Mar 2018
OP
TPM showed a brexit style flip in candidate victory odds, 9:30 pm, election night.
Mc Mike
Mar 2018
#2
Interesting criss cross graph. Unexpected flip flop. Same side 'won' both times.
Mc Mike
Mar 2018
#5
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)1. using outside contractors is dangerous
suffragette
(12,232 posts)3. It sure is.
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)2. TPM showed a brexit style flip in candidate victory odds, 9:30 pm, election night.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)4. Thanks. I had not seen this before. Very interesting, indeed.
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)5. Interesting criss cross graph. Unexpected flip flop. Same side 'won' both times.
The graph could also be a graphic. List X version of the mark of Zorro.
Or Zero, if we're talking about D rump.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)6. Reminds me of the Bush/Kerry sudden change. They used different means to get the result, but yes,
same side getting same result.
Now that people have eyes on the propaganda used with social media this last time, I would bet they are already cooking up a different process for next time.
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)7. Agreed, they have more plans up their sleeves.
But I think they aren't evil geniuses, they just have tons of free time, and all the billions of dollars they stole from the rest of us, which they spend on all of their crooked anti-Democracy initiatives.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)8. Completely agree with all you just said.
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