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Cambridge Analytica worked for Russians in 2014 [View all]
Controversial British firm Cambridge Analytica is back in the news this week after being kicked off Facebook for misusing personal information culled from users.
A just-released report from the New York Times could make a bad week worse. The report finds that the company had contacts with Russians about targeting American voters going back to 2014.
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According to the Times, executives from Lukoil, the Russian oil giant with close ties to Vladimir Putin, approached the company about influencing elections during three meetings in 2014 and 2015.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/bombshell-new-report-says-british-data-firm-promoted-trump-worked-russians-2014/#.Wq3lno5nJ5o.mailto
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