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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHillary links Kenya, Trump, and Brexit: all projects of Cambridge Analytica
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https://qz.com/1081021/hillary-clinton-says-trump-linked-cambridge-analytica-had-role-in-kenyas-annulled-election/
Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Kenyas annulled election was a project of Cambridge Analytica, a data company at the center of a growing controversy over the use of personal data to influence both the Brexit vote in the UK and the Donald Trump election in the US.
Speaking to US public radio host Terry Gross on NPRs Fresh Air program about the 2016 American presidential election, Clinton said she was also probing what happened with Kenyas election, and why the supreme court decided to call the election invalid. The former US secretary of state has been making a round of media interviews promoting her book What Happened, in which she recounts her 2016 election experiences. Clinton, who won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote count, also said she would not rule out questioning the credibility of the US results if new information showed that the Russian-led cyber intrusions were deeper than currently known.
Cambridge Analytica mines both online data and individual psychometric profiles in order to personalize political messaging and communicate with both supporters and undecided voters. The company is partly owned by the Mercer family and most closely linked to Robert Mercer, a hedge fund billionaire who supports conservative causes and candidates.
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Extraordinary, indeed.
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Hillary links Kenya, Trump, and Brexit: all projects of Cambridge Analytica (Original Post)
deminks
Sep 2017
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Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)1. Thank you Hillary. Need to be f*cking done!
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)3. I need to change my bi-line to I hate Cambridge Analytica.
Initech
(99,913 posts)2. Hey Infowars fans! This is what a real conspiracy looks like!
dogman
(6,073 posts)4. The few times this is mentioned, the Mercers are not.
I finally saw a guest discuss this last night on one of talk shows. I did not hear the Mercer name however.
niyad
(112,432 posts)5. KO's piece today referenced the mercer/cambridge analytica connection, along with
bannon.
dogman
(6,073 posts)6. That's why he was pushed out of the msm.
joshcryer
(62,265 posts)9. And the few times this gets brought up...
...it doesn't garner much discussion, even though it's pure and obvious what happened. They used psychological techniques to manipulate the American public and it worked very effectively.
joshcryer
(62,265 posts)8. I mentioned this company myself months ago:
Cambridge Analytica used effective social media psyops to dupe an entire nation.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028572390#post3
niyad
(112,432 posts)10. keeping this kicked because it is that important!!