Facebook and Cambridge Analytica have blamed Kogan for alleged data misuse, but he has said that he was being made a scapegoat by the companies for the scandal. Cambridge Analytica will later address Kogan's remarks at a briefing. Cambridge Analytica is also under scrutiny over campaigning for the 2016 referendum when Britons voted to leave the European Union. native Christopher Wylie, who worked for SCL and helped launch Cambridge Analytica before leaving the political consulting company in 2014. Chris Wylie, the Canadian formerly with Cambridge Analytica, helped lift the lid on how Facebook data was gathered without users' knowledge to help sway voters in the U.S. election.

Source: CBC News April 24, 2018 11:15 UTC