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Cambridge Analytica
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Founded | 2013 |
| Founder | |
| Defunct | May 1, 2018 |
| Successor | Emerdata |
| Headquarters | London, England |
Key people | Alexander Nix (CEO)[1] Julian Wheatland (CEO)[2] Robert Mercer (investor)[3] Rebekah Mercer (investor) Steve Bannon (vice president, former)[4] |
| Parent | SCL Group[5] |
| Trump–Russia relations |
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Cambridge Analytica Ltd. (CA), previously known as SCL USA, was a British political consulting firm that came to prominence through the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal.[6] It was started in 2013,[7] as a subsidiary of the private intelligence company and self-described "global election management agency" SCL Group by long-time SCL executives Nigel Oakes, Alexander Nix and Alexander Oakes, with Nix as CEO.[7] The well-connected founders had contact with[clarification needed], among others, the British Conservative Party, royal family, and military.[8] The firm maintained offices in London, New York City, and Washington, D.C.[9] The company closed operations in 2018 in the course of the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal, although firms related to both Cambridge Analytica[10] and its parent firm SCL still exist.[11]
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- ^ Illing, Sean (16 October 2017). "Cambridge Analytica, the shady data firm that might be a key Trump-Russia link, explained". Vox. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "Cambridge Analytica LLC: Private Company Information". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Cerca nel sito www.ilsole24ore.com". www.ricerca24.ilsole24ore.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ a b Tirino, Nazzareno (2019). Cambridge Analytica. Il potere segreto, la gestione del consenso e la fine della propaganda [Cambridge Analytica. The secret power to manage consensus to the end of propaganda.] (in Italian). Lecce - Italy: Libellula Edizioni. p. 109. ISBN 9788867355129. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
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- ^ Briant, Emma (12 October 2020). "OPINION: Governments Have Failed to Learn from the Cambridge Analytica Scandal". OCCRP. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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