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https://www.thedailybeast.com/russi...dge-analytica-trumps-psychographic-data-gurus

A data firm backed by some of Donald Trump’s closest allies is now facing scrutiny as part of an investigation into possible collusion between the president’s team and Russian operatives, The Daily Beast has learned.

The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) is looking at Cambridge Analytica’s work for President Donald Trump’s campaign as part of its investigation into Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 race, according to sources familiar with the probe.

The company is in the process of turning over documents to HPSCI, according to a source familiar with the committee’s work. Another source close to the investigation said that the probe’s focus on Cambridge Analytica is “fruitful.”

 

[Darryl M R]

 

[SlipperyFishes]

Two scoops

*claps*

 

[WhatNXt]

Mercer family could end up in hot shit if this turns anything good up

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Good, good. Keep 'em coming.

 

[Wilsongt]

If they can take down the Mercers I will be beyond happy.

 

[androvsky]

This should be fun, the House committee is more than happy to leak like a sieve.

 

[Bob Coffee]

I wonder if Muellers crew has already looked into them.

 

[NHale]

I wonder if Brexit will happen to be caught in this investigation as well.

If you want to build a case against CA, you can't ignore the ties between US and UK politicians via CA......

 

[Shard]

I wonder if Brexit will happen to be caught in this investigation as well.

If you want to build a case against CA, you can't ignore the ties between US and UK politicians via CA......

From the article:

The congressional inquiry is not the only one Cambridge Analytica is facing. The UK Information Commissioner, Britain’s privacy watchdog, in March began examining the firm’s role in the successful 2016 push to persuade British voters to “Brexit” the European Union. But Cambridge has said it never actually advised the Leave.eu campaign beyond initial discussions, despite Leave.eu’s own statements that the firm “will be helping us map the British electorate and what they believe in, enabling us to better engage with voters.”

In May, the Guardian’s Sunday Observer reported that Cambridge Analytica and its UK affiliate SCL––which owns 10 percent of Cambridge Analytica to Mercer’s 90 percent––have worked in Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Iran and Moldova.

 

[WhatNXt]

I wonder if Brexit will happen to be caught in this investigation as well.

If you want to build a case against CA, you can't ignore the ties between US and UK politicians via CA......

They were massively influential in the Leave campaign. Very interested to see what kind of backers and dealings CA have

 

[Hubbl3]

It's the House Intel Committee though. The same one headed up by fucking Devin Nunes. :/

 

[Ludovico]

It's the House Intel Committee though. The same one headed up by fucking Devin Nunes. :/

Trust in Mueller.

Spoiler

FUCKING DEVIN NUNES

 

[androvsky]

It's the House Intel Committee though. The same one headed up by fucking Devin Nunes. :/

That's why they leak like crazy, it's the only way anything they gather will be useful. This and Facebook opening up about the free posts from the Russian accounts should make for an interesting week.

 

[Jeremy]

That's why they leak like crazy, it's the only way anything they gather will be useful. This and Facebook opening up about the free posts from the Russian accounts should make for an interesting week.

Link? I may have already seen this and missed the part about free posts.

nvm on the second part

 

[Darryl M R]

That's why they leak like crazy, it's the only way anything they gather will be useful. This and Facebook opening up about the free posts from the Russian accounts should make for an interesting week.

Can you sum up the free post thing?

 

[Byakuya769]

I wonder if Muellers crew has already looked into them.

Undoubtedly. House hijinks are kind of unimportant.

Their Brexit issues are bigger than whatever the House is doing.

 

[Shadybiz]

Fruitful, eh?? I like it.

 

[Palette Swap]

Good. Palantir next?

For some background (with a tinfoil bent tbh) reading : https://www.theguardian.com/technol...eat-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy

 

[Fallout-NL]

Fuck yeah buddy.

 

[Stinkles]

BOOOM!!!

This is the one I've been waiting for. it's the glue that ties everyone together and always has been.

Almost certainly evidence that Mueller has already been arms deep in their effluent for months. House is always a day late and a dollar short.

 

[NullPointer]

With all the news of Russian micro-targeting across social media, this was only a matter of time.

And wasn't Jared Kushner considered the brains behind the Trump campaign's data operation?

Whoops.

 

[ascii42]

I wonder if Muellers crew has already looked into them.

I would guess so. If not they certainly will.

 

[avaya]

BOOOM!!!

This is the one I've been waiting for. it's the glue that ties everyone together and always has been.

Almost certainly evidence that Mueller has already been arms deep in their effluent for months. House is always a day late and a dollar short.

I'm intrigued, how do you mean?

 

[KernelPanic]

A House Intelligence Commitee with little actual intelligence.

These things are a dog and pony show but maybe something interesting will leak.

 

[AJLma]

Woah, can't say I ever expected them to actually get down to this. This will be interesting...

 

[androvsky]

Link? I may have already seen this and missed the part about free posts.

nvm on the second part

Can you sum up the free post thing?

Sorry, I thought the other thread had more traction.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1446458

Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday that Facebook is "committed to providing" information related to the free content published by the same Russian pages that bought 3,000 ads focused on divisive issues before and after the election. A second source close to the situation confirmed Facebook had committed to providing the information.

Why it matters: The ads bought by the pages were one half of the puzzle. The "organic" content posted by the pages — and information on who saw and engaged with it — is the other. Some believe those posts may have been seen by far more people than the estimated 10 million that Facebook says viewed the ads.

 

[NHale]

I'm intrigued, how do you mean?

This is the part where it gets revealed how Cambridge Analytica manipulated the Brexit and US election via targeted advertisement towards every registered voters with a social media account and how they keep track of all your personal opinions, purchases and anything you do online that helps them create your ID and how you were leaning to vote.

What they did? In the US election they created 4 big groups of registered voters, those that would always vote Hillary, those that would always vote Trump and undecided towards Trump and undecided towards Hillary and created a constant stream of social media posts in your feed that tried to lead voters to either not show up because Hillary already won, that 3rd party was a good option because Trump was evil but Hillary wasn't a saint either, how to rile up Trump base into believing fake news and polls were faked to try to make you not going to vote because they wanted to manipulate you and the memes and lies towards undecided voters leaning Trump to make them make the final jump and not go 3rd party.

Kushner didn't do anything. He's completely worthless and couldn't create anything remotely like this. Cambridge Analytica did this because they are creating this system for years.

 

[NullPointer]

Interesting:

The congressional inquiry is not the only one Cambridge Analytica is facing. The UK Information Commissioner, Britain’s privacy watchdog, in March began examining the firm’s role in the successful 2016 push to persuade British voters to “Brexit” the European Union. But Cambridge has said it never actually advised the Leave.eu campaign beyond initial discussions, despite Leave.eu’s own statements that the firm “will be helping us map the British electorate and what they believe in, enabling us to better engage with voters.”

 

[Mr. Lemming]

...and created a constant stream of social media posts in your feed that tried to lead voters to either not show up because Hillary already won...

Don't tell me PoliGAF is looped into this too!?

 

[Shard]

Don't tell me PoliGAF is looped into this too!?

Would it be that surprising?

 

[NullPointer]

Would it be that surprising?

Nope

The SimilarWeb traffic data shows that from February through July, 8chan was the ninth-largest source of referral traffic for Trump's website, clocking in at about 2.3 percent of all such traffic. This puts it just below Breitbart.com (whose CEO is now Trump's campaign chief) and a few places above the Washington Post and New York Times.

By comparison, SimilarWeb data shows Hillary Clinton's top five referrers include CNN, hillaryspeeches.com, the Drudge Report and the video gaming forum NeoGAF.

 

[WhatNXt]

Good. Palantir next?

For some background (with a tinfoil bent tbh) reading : https://www.theguardian.com/technol...eat-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy

You say tinfoil bent, but I believe quite a lot of it

I can't express how badly I want to see feds and police on both sides of the pond busting down doors and carting people off to prison. CA would say they do nothing wrong, they exploit readily available data, but when you see the web of interconnected interests acting in unison like this, something ain't right. The kind of money we're talking about, the kind of political motives behind that money.. the people deserve to know and dole out consequences.

 

[Steel]

Nope

We were also top five for Bernie's site. Weird that Drudge was #2.

 

[Nazgul_Hunter]

Good. Palantir next?

For some background (with a tinfoil bent tbh) reading : https://www.theguardian.com/technol...eat-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy

If you’re nerdy enough to name your company Palantir, then you know how villainous it sounds.