Cambridge Analytica is a subsidiary of SCL which developed tech for UK and US election influence ops

[FarCenter]

After an initial commercial success, SCL expanded into military and political arenas. It became known for alleged involvement "in military disinformation campaigns to social media branding and voter targeting".[5] According to its website, SCL has participated in over 25 international political and electoral campaigns since 1994.[2]

SCL’s involvement in the political world has been primarily in the developing world where it has been used by the military and politicians to study and manipulate public opinion and political will. It uses what have been called “psy ops” to provide insight into the thinking of the target audience.[4] SCL claims to have been successful to help foment coups.[5] According to its website, SCL has influenced elections in Italy, Latvia, Ukraine, Albania, Romania, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Mauritius, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Colombia, Antigua, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Kitts & Nevis, Trinidad & Tobago.[2] While the company initially got involved in elections in the United Kingdom, it ceased to do so after 1997 because staff members did not exhibit the same "aloof sensibility" as with projects abroad.[4]

SCL claims that its methodology has been approved or endorsed by agencies of the Government of the United Kingdom and the Federal government of the United States, among others.[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCL_Group

So the Trump campaign used UK/US spook tech against us.

[Wwcd]

1. Great Post. Can we please have a Forum just for FB/Cambridge?

There is a lot of news revealed in the past days as to the connection between the two.

It seems to be moving faster now & it would be handy to have all the Latest News in one place to read .

THANKS

[FarCenter]

2. FB/SCL/Cambridge are just the tip of the iceberg. There is an entire industry doing this stuff.

In the old days advertisers paid for ads in print or broadcast media, and they had only a vague idea of whether the ads were noticed, who noticed them, and whether their audience was at all likely to buy their product, vote for their candidate, or recommend their service to their friends.

Digital media changed all that because there was now a feedback path from the viewer to the web site providing the media, showing the ads, enabling the apps, etc. In fact, the new problem was how to collect, analyse, make sense of, and then act on the new information about the audience.

So from sometime in the '90s the old stodgy world of Nielsen ratings or measuring print impressions was turned upside down, along with the Madison avenue companies populated by Mad Men. A new multi billion dollar industry has grown up around the new processes and paradigms for advertising in particular and manipulating public opinion in general.

[Wwcd]

4. Yes there is FarCenter. And they extend throughout the world

They believe they are so neccessary to global life they will be untouchable.

[bettyellen]

3. You have to start a thread somewhere (not GD) and get enough people to rely saying they want it....

I forget which forum you have to do it in- but that’s the process. Hopefully someone will chime in w the missing info!