Thread by @SMaurizi

1. to those objecting that #CambridgeAnalytica scandal revealed by @carolecadwalla is real: I do NOT claim to know the truth about it. As a journalist, I just stick to the facts emerged so far. Let me clarify those facts:

2. while #Cadwalladr-
#Guardian depicted #Assange involved in the #CambridgeAnalytica (CA) scandal,#WashPost revealed #WikiLeaks met CA's #BrittanyKaiser to tell her: leak us all your docs and #WikiLeaks will publish everything[ARCHIVE]: washingtonpost.com/technology/201…

3. now, if #CambridgeAnalytica's #BrittanyKaiser and Julian #Assange were actually involved in a conspiracy, as #Cadwalladr-#Guardian claimed, do you think #WikiLeaks would have asked her for all her documents and publish all of them? Absurd

4. another FACT emerged so far: the UK Data Protection Authority, @ICOnews, found NO evidence of #CambridgeAnalytica misusing #data to influence #Brexit: here is #FinancialTimes reporting on it:ft.com/content/aa235c… It's not my opinion,and I have no sympathy for #ICO

5. another fact emerged so far: a specialist in #Russian influence operations, @RidT just dismissed the #CambridgeAnalytica scandal. Again, it's not my opinion, this is what HE tweeted:

https://twitter.com/RidT/status/1318218354012917760?s=20

6. finally, @carolecadwalla' apologies: pressgazette.co.uk/observers-caro… I do NOT have the truth about #CambridgeAnalytica-#Brexit-#WikiLeaks,I just want the FACTS,because this scandal has been used to destroy Julian #Assange and create an atmosphere in which his arrest was acceptable