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Carole Cadwalladr
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So, the cat is officially out of the bag. Tomorrow’s ICO’s report on FT front page. Maximum possible fine for Facebook. Criminal enforcement against Cambridge Analytica. Huge investigation ongoing into MULTIPLE crimes potentially committed in referendum. The ICO is bringing it..
There’s A LOT that’s of significance here for both US & UK. Massive Facebook fail that has huge ramifications for Trump campaign’s use of data. And Vote Leave’s data firm, AIQ, that was absolutely CENTRAL to 4 campaigns is BANNED from handling UK data. And that’s just the start..
Oh. And Remain being investigated as well as Leave. There you go, @IsabelOakeshott 🦄 🦄 🦄
Great detail from @alexhern & @davidtpegg story in @guardian. Under GDPR, Facebook could have been fined £359m 🔥🔥🔥
My good friend @Arron_banks still VERY much under investigation btw. I’m not going to break the embargo but hope it doesn’t disturb your Bermuda money 💰 💰 💰 sorry HOLIDAY, Arron. Details here theguardian.com/technology/201…
BREAKING: Verdict in from @podehaye - the Belgian-Swiss supersleuth who is the Daddy of the Cambridge Analytica investigation. I think he means you @bbc.
Right. That’s it. Where’s @afneil?
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Carole Cadwalladr
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A few days ago I tweeted about how key figures in British establishment have taken £££ off Deripaska, a key figure in Mueller’s inquiry. I hope they watch this. It’s truly chilling
Is this why no-one is talking about Britain's central role in the Trump-Russia axis? The govt, the opposition & and a number of influential centrists are all compromised by Russia in different ways. Its influence crosses party lines. This is about national security not politics.
If you haven't watched this & are at all interested in Trump-Russia, it's well worth your time. Alexei @navalny, the prominent Russian opposition leader, lays out the significance of the video Rybka filmed on board Deripaska's yacht with Russian deputy PM
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Carole Cadwalladr
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So, I've deleted this. Blair's rep has just been on the blower to say he's not "knee deep" in Deripaska money. Fair enough. Happy to clarify Blair's Breaking the Climate Deadlock received £300k "financial support" from Deripaska. By Blair's standards, this isn't even a little toe
And @peoplesvote_uk say the BBC & Blair & Mandelson's staffers arranged the appearances themselves. I was really trying not to pin it on the BBC, but that'll have to be another day...
But if Blair's people want to get into a proper discussion about where Blair's money comes from now he's re-entering British public life, bring it on! Show us the receipts, fellas.
Me? I'm kind of fascinated by all those Kazakh connections
ft.com/content/33285d…
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Carole Cadwalladr
@carolecadwalla
All week long, America has been convulsed by attempts to lift sanctions on Oleg Deripaska - the Putin ally close to Manafort who's being investigated by Mueller. In Britain, Deripaska's long time business associate, Lord Mandelson, appears on the BBC. Without a whisper
There are so many obstacles in Britain to a proper investigation of Russian money & influence. And Deripaska's r'ships across political spectrum are small insight into why. This NY Times piece spells out the very different treatment of Deripaska in US & UK
nyti.ms/2D0KQFS
I just wish @peoplesvote_uk could put forward spokespeople who aren't knee deep in Deripaska money. Mandelson on Tuesday. Blair on Wednesday. Board member Roland Rudd is another who took the £££...Is it really so difficult to find someone who *didn't* take a wodge?
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Criminal prosecution of Cambridge Analytica (SCL Elections Ltd) begins in UK tomorrow. It’s a crime to defy an order from the Information Commissioner’s Office. They refuse to disclose a complete US voter file despite a legal order from their regulator. ico.org.uk/media/action-w…
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Facebook has some really creepy plans!
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1⃣ Facebook wants to track your eye movements
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Facebook wants to reads your comments for positive or negative “affinity scores”
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50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica. Psych prof/developer Aleksandr Kogan accessed 270k FB users' data w his app, then collected their friends' data…& sold it all to Trump's data firm which used it to target ads in 2016 election theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/…
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Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
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