Cambridge Analytica says, Christopher made false, speculative claims to British Parliamentary panel
- 6 years ago
Following a massive political face-off between the BJP and the Congress over whistleblower Christopher Wylie’s sensational revelations regarding links with the Congress, political data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica said Christopher had made false and speculative claims to a British parliamentary panel.
But that was hardly the end of the story. Today, Christopher Wylie tweeted details of the activities of analytics company SCL in India. The SCL group is a government and military contractor that says it works on everything from food security research to counter-narcotics to political campaigns. SCL was founded more than 25 years ago, according to its website.
Wylie, who exposed the data breach scandal involving Facebook - attached a document to his Twitter post, detailed the company’s India operations. The document has the name of the Janata Dal (United).
After mentioning the Congress as one of his clients in his testimony on Tuesday, today’s document states how the now disgraced firm provided “electoral research and strategy for the 2010 state elections….for a "desired outcome" for the JD(U). JD(U) is an ally of the BJP in Bihar.
The document also refers to the firm's focus on caste data. In 2012, it says SCL India carried out a caste census in Uttar Pradesh on behalf of a national party, but doesn’t specify the name.
Wylie said SCL Group, the parent organisation of Cambridge Analytica, has its office headquartered in Indirapuram in Ghaziabad and its regional offices in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Cuttack, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Patna and Pune.
He posted two pictures of what looks like slides of a pitch presentation of SCL India explaining its national experience in the country, which said the company has a database of over 600 districts and seven lakh villages.
"Our micro-level information includes household level demographics, specifically focussing on caste data, linked to online mapping applications," the document states.
“I believe their client was Congress but I know that they have done all kinds of projects. I don't remember a national project but I know regionally. India's so big that one state can be as big as Britain. But they do have offices there, they do have staff," Wylie said under oath.
28-year-old Wylie meanwhile claims that data harvested by CA, which then used it to psychologically profile people and deliver material in favour of Donald Trump during the 2016 US elections. He also criticised CA for running campaigns in "struggling democracies", which he called "an example of what modern-day colonialism looks like".
But that was hardly the end of the story. Today, Christopher Wylie tweeted details of the activities of analytics company SCL in India. The SCL group is a government and military contractor that says it works on everything from food security research to counter-narcotics to political campaigns. SCL was founded more than 25 years ago, according to its website.
Wylie, who exposed the data breach scandal involving Facebook - attached a document to his Twitter post, detailed the company’s India operations. The document has the name of the Janata Dal (United).
After mentioning the Congress as one of his clients in his testimony on Tuesday, today’s document states how the now disgraced firm provided “electoral research and strategy for the 2010 state elections….for a "desired outcome" for the JD(U). JD(U) is an ally of the BJP in Bihar.
The document also refers to the firm's focus on caste data. In 2012, it says SCL India carried out a caste census in Uttar Pradesh on behalf of a national party, but doesn’t specify the name.
Wylie said SCL Group, the parent organisation of Cambridge Analytica, has its office headquartered in Indirapuram in Ghaziabad and its regional offices in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Cuttack, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Patna and Pune.
He posted two pictures of what looks like slides of a pitch presentation of SCL India explaining its national experience in the country, which said the company has a database of over 600 districts and seven lakh villages.
"Our micro-level information includes household level demographics, specifically focussing on caste data, linked to online mapping applications," the document states.
“I believe their client was Congress but I know that they have done all kinds of projects. I don't remember a national project but I know regionally. India's so big that one state can be as big as Britain. But they do have offices there, they do have staff," Wylie said under oath.
28-year-old Wylie meanwhile claims that data harvested by CA, which then used it to psychologically profile people and deliver material in favour of Donald Trump during the 2016 US elections. He also criticised CA for running campaigns in "struggling democracies", which he called "an example of what modern-day colonialism looks like".