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Canadian data analyst turned whistleblower, Christopher Wylie, last year exposed the misuse of Facebook data by consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. Tonight he tells #abc730 his wider concerns surrounding Cambridge Analytica. @chrisinsilico
@chrisinsilico “Although the most amount of attention went to what happened in the UK and Brexit, Cambridge Analytica worked all around the world ... so it was global. It was more global than people realised.” @chrisinsilico #abc730
@chrisinsilico “To say that we should accept manipulation is a part of elections now is to say we would be giving up.” – Cambridge Analytica whistleblower @chrisinsilico #abc730
@chrisinsilico .@chrisinsilico says that social media can sometimes undermine political discourse, “particularly when it comes to manipulation, disinformation and propaganda.” #abc730
@chrisinsilico .@chrisinsilico is hopeful that legislation will be put in place, and that the technology sector will adopt the same approach as other sectors, “where safety and consumer’s rights come first.” #abc730
@chrisinsilico “How do you create a regulatory framework when you have companies all around the world playing a part, whether good or bad, on the internet?” @chrisinsilico #abc730
@chrisinsilico “When you go up against a large company and you’re just one person, you don’t have a lot of resources at your disposal. If I had’ve succumbed to the very real pressure that Facebook put on me, the story wouldn’t have come out.” @chrisinsilico #abc730
