Chris Wylie, the Canadian data scientist who revealed information about how Cambridge Analytica gathered data about Facebook users, tells CBC News that he wants to testify in the U.S. and the U.K. about social media's threat to elections and democratic institutions. Accepting invitation to testify before US House Intelligence Committee, US House Judiciary Committee & UK Parliament Digital Committee. "It's in the public's interest that these issues start to get discussed," says Chris Wylie. Chris Wylie responds to Mark Zuckerberg's comments that Facebook made mistakes over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The Cambridge Analytica work "happened whilst I was working in London for an American company.

Source: CBC News March 22, 2018 03:00 UTC