Christopher Wylie previously alleged that political consultancy Cambridge Analytica used data harvested from more than 50 million Facebook users to help U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign. Wylie on Tuesday told the media committee of the British parliament that he “absolutely” believed Canadian consultant AggregateIQ drew on Cambridge Analytica’s databases for its work on the official Vote Leave campaign. Mark Zuckerberg took out full-page ads to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal. (The Canadian Press)They allege that Vote Leave circumvented spending limits by donating about $1.13 million to the pro-Brexit student group BeLeave, then sending the money directly to AggregateIQ. The company also said it was 100-per cent Canadian owned and operated and was never part of Cambridge Analytica or SCL.

Source: thestar March 27, 2018 15:45 UTC