The government on Wednesday issued a notice to social networking giant Facebook, seeking its response over the user data breach and details of the measures it has put in place to ensure safety and prevent misuse of personal data.
The Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) today said that a notice seeking details relating to breach of data from Facebook had been sent to Cambridge Analytica particularly with regard to reports in the media about questionable practices attributed to the UK-based firm in their efforts to influence elections.
"It is felt that there is a need for further information about the data breach from Facebook. Accordingly, a letter has been issued by the Ministry of Electronics & IT on March 28, 2018, to Facebook seeking their response," Meity said in a statement.
The ministry has raised five questions in all including whether the personal data of Indian voters and users has been compromised by Cambridge Analytica or any other downstream entity in any manner.
The ministry has asked social media major to submit a reply whether the company or its related or downstream agencies utilising Facebook's data have previously been engaged by any entities "to manipulate the Indian electoral process".
Here are the top 10 developments in the Cambridge Analytica row:
1) Govt seeks Facebook's response by April 7: The letter sent to Facebook said that at present, it has the largest footprint in India in terms of its user base and sought its reply on proactive measures being taken by the company to ensure safety, security and privacy of such large user data and to prevent its misuse by any third party.
"Facebook has been called upon to give their response by April 7, 2018," the statement said.
Govt seeks Cambridge Analytica's response by March 31: The government had on Friday issued a notice to UK-based Cambridge Analytica, asking it to give a list of clients and the source of data it had collected.
The IT Ministry has asked the firm to respond by March 31 on six questions, including how the company had collected user data, whether consent was taken from the individuals, and how the data was used.
2) Facebook to step up privacy settings: Meanwhile, Facebook has said it will overhaul its privacy settings tools to put users "more in control" of their information on the social media website. The updates include improved access to Facebook's user settings and tools to easily search for, download and delete personal data stored by Facebook.
A new privacy shortcuts menu will allow users to quickly increase account security, manage who can see their information and activity on the site and control advertisements they see.
"We've heard loud and clear that privacy settings and other important tools are too hard to find and that we must do more to keep people informed," chief privacy officer Erin Egan and deputy general counsel Ashlie Beringer said in a blog post.
Egan and Beringer also announced updates to Facebook's terms of service and data policy to improve transparency about how the site collects and uses data.
3) Christopher Wylie furnishes proof: A day after whistleblower Christopher Wylie clarified that Cambridge Analytica "worked extensively" in India, Wylie on Wednesday put out the controversial data analytics firm's past projects, including 2010 general elections, in the country.
"I've been getting a lot of requests from Indian journalists, so here are some of Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL)'s past projects in India," Wylie tweeted. SCL is the parent arm of Cambridge Analytica.
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The whistleblower while testifying before the UK Parliament on Tuesday said Congress was a client of the firm and that SCL/CA works in India and has offices there. "This is what modern colonialism looks like."
4) SCL India has records of 700,000 villages: Tweeting several pictures along with the post, Wylie said SCL India has a database of over 600 districts and 700,000 villages, and the data is constantly being updated.
"The firm's services help clients to identify and target key groups within the population to effectively influence their behaviour to realise the desired outcome."
According to one of the pictures, the information collected by the SCL includes household level demographics, specifically focusing on caste data, linked to online mapping applications.
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It said the firm carried out caste-based census and research campaigns with interviews in states as well as general elections.
It further said the CA on behalf of a national party had analysed caste structure and dynamics within Uttar Pradesh during 2012 state elections.
In 2009 general elections, SCL India managed the campaigns of a number of Lok Sabha candidates, and its research and campaign data collection methodologies formed strategies to give the clients successful campaigns.
It mentioned the CA also undertook various other projects including Psephological studies and behavioural poling in Delhi and Chhattisgarh; electoral research and strategy for Janata Dal (United) in the 2010 state elections; research-based campaigns to support a trans-national programme for countering the Non-Desired Behaviour (NDB) of recruitment into, and support of, violent Jihadism in Kerala, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh in 2007.
He revealed the firm also worked on psephological studies and opinion pollings for a national party in 2003 Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan elections.
5) Congress shows BJP- Cambridge Analytica links: Tuesday's revelations have already initiated a blame game between the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party, with the BJP demanding an apology from the grand old party and the Congress hit back by denying the allegations and asking Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to initiate a probe into the matter as it would only expose the ruling party.
At a press conference, the Congress alleged links between the BJP and Cambridge Analytica. As an evidence, it shared that the former BJP IT data head and current head of MyGov website Arvind Gupta tweet praising Cambridge Analytica in 2017. It also claimed that Union minister Smriti Irani follows Cambridge Analytica on Twitter.
6) Ex-Cambridge Analytica employee names Congress as a client: Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie on Tuesday told British Parliament that his company worked in India and that he "believes" Congress was a client.
"I believe their (Cambridge Analytica) 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," he said as part of his deposition.
Wylie also told the lawmakers that Cambridge Analytica has offices in India and employed staff. "I believe I have some documentation on India which I can also provide to the committee if that's something of interest."
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Data analytics expert and formerly an employee at Cambridge Analytica, Wylie, alleged that the political consultancy firm used personal information harvested from more than 50 million Facebook users to influence elections.
7) BJP seeks apology from Rahul Gandhi: The BJP on Tuesday attacked the Congress over Chris Wylie’s deposition naming the Opposition party. The BJP demanded an apology from Congress President Rahul Gandhi. “Rahul Gandhi has been trying to divert attention. Today, he stands exposed. The Congress and he must apologise to the nation,” Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, adding the Congress’ allegations against the BJP were full of lies.
8) Congress dubs links with Cambridge Analytica ' all false': The Congress did not shy away from responding to the allegations against it. Its spokesperson, Randeep Singh Surjewala, pointed to the disclosure that a non-resident Indian billionaire from Gujarat was funding campaigns so that the Congress could be defeated in the elections. "It is all false.
Why is India's perpetually lying Law Minister (Ravi Shankar Prasad) throwing allegations in the media. He is in power. Why doesn't he show all proof and then register an FIR? We challenge you (Bharatiya Janata Party). They fear they will be exposed if they probe," said party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala.
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एक पुरानी कहावत है- उल्टा चोर, कोतवाल को डाँटे!
"झूठे कानून मंत्री"आये दिन एक मनगढंत झूठ गढ़कर भाजपा और मोदी सरकार की ओर से देश का ध्यान भटकाने का षड्यंत्र कर रहें है! 1/https://soundcloud.com/officeofrssurjewala/sound-bite-on-shri-ravi-shankar-prasads-lies-on-ca …
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दो दिन पहले ही Cambridge Analytica के पार्टनर श्री अवनीश राय जी द्वारा माना गया कि CA को कांग्रेस के ख़िलाफ़ 2014 के चुनाव में इस्तेमाल किया गया,किसके द्वारा किया गया? 2/https://soundcloud.com/officeofrssurjewala/sound-bite-on-shri-ravi-shankar-prasads-lies-on-ca …
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दो दिन पहले ही Cambridge Analytica के पार्टनर श्री अवनीश राय जी द्वारा माना गया कि CA को कांग्रेस के ख़िलाफ़ 2014 के चुनाव में इस्तेमाल किया गया,किसके द्वारा किया गया? 2/https://soundcloud.com/officeofrssurjewala/sound-bite-on-shri-ravi-shankar-prasads-lies-on-ca …
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विदेश से आये एक NRI गुजराती व्यापारी के द्वारा जो इस बात के लिए करोड़ों रुपये CA को दे रहे थे कि किस प्रकार से कांग्रेस के खिलाफ षड्यंत्र किया जाये!
उसके बाद भाजपा की कलई खुल गयी!
कांग्रेस के खिलाफ षड्यंत्र कौन करवा रहा था?
स्वाभाविक तौर से भारतीय जनता पार्टी ! 3/
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विदेश से आये एक NRI गुजराती व्यापारी के द्वारा जो इस बात के लिए करोड़ों रुपये CA को दे रहे थे कि किस प्रकार से कांग्रेस के खिलाफ षड्यंत्र किया जाये!
उसके बाद भाजपा की कलई खुल गयी!
कांग्रेस के खिलाफ षड्यंत्र कौन करवा रहा था?
स्वाभाविक तौर से भारतीय जनता पार्टी ! 3/
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रवि शंकर प्रसाद जी यह भूल गए कि House of Commons में एक सांसद ने उसी व्यक्ति से खड़े होकर यह पुछा कि Cambridge Analytica किस प्रकार से कांग्रेस के खिलाफ एक षड्यंत्र कर रही थी और एक NRI उसको पैसे दे रहा था।
इसके बारे में भी कानून मंत्री अब सफाई देने से पूरी तरह से बच गए। 4/
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रवि शंकर प्रसाद जी यह भूल गए कि House of Commons में एक सांसद ने उसी व्यक्ति से खड़े होकर यह पुछा कि Cambridge Analytica किस प्रकार से कांग्रेस के खिलाफ एक षड्यंत्र कर रही थी और एक NRI उसको पैसे दे रहा था।
इसके बारे में भी कानून मंत्री अब सफाई देने से पूरी तरह से बच गए। 4/
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देश के सामने गंभीर समस्याएं है, समेत Date और Data चोरी की,भाजपा ने तो चुनाव आयोग की Date भी चोरी कर ली और Data तो इस देश का हर रोज़ चोरी हो रहा है वह "AADHAAR" हो या NaMo App हो!
तो इसलिए ध्यान मत भटकाइये,जवाब दीजिये,क्या आपको इस देश के खुद के नागरिक अवनीश राय पर विश्वास नहीं?5/
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देश के सामने गंभीर समस्याएं है, समेत Date और Data चोरी की,भाजपा ने तो चुनाव आयोग की Date भी चोरी कर ली और Data तो इस देश का हर रोज़ चोरी हो रहा है वह "AADHAAR" हो या NaMo App हो!
तो इसलिए ध्यान मत भटकाइये,जवाब दीजिये,क्या आपको इस देश के खुद के नागरिक अवनीश राय पर विश्वास नहीं?5/
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रवि शंकर प्रसाद जी,आप कानून मंत्री है, आपकी पार्टी के प्रधानमंत्री है,आप क्यूँ सारे सबूत, क्यूँ सारे साक्ष्य,क्यूँ सारे तथ्य सार्वजनिक पटल पर नहीं रख देते?
किसने किसको engage किया,कौन कहाँ से कितना पैसा लाया-इस सारे घालमेल का सच देश के सामने आ जायेगा। 6/https://soundcloud.com/officeofrssurjewala/sound-bite-on-shri-ravi-shankar-prasads-lies-on-ca …
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9) Chris Wylie had no direct knowledge of company's work since 2014: Cambridge Analytica
Cambridge Analytica (CA), which is in the midst of the Facebook data privacy storm, has come to the fore and responded to the hearing of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, saying that whistleblower Chris Wylie had "no direct knowledge of the company's work or practices since 2014."
"Chris Wylie was a part-time contractor who left Cambridge Analytica in July 2014 and has no direct knowledge of the company's work or practices since that date. He was at the company for less than a year, after which he was made the subject of restraining undertakings to prevent his misuse of the company's intellectual property while attempting to set up his own rival firm. He was not, as he claims, a founder of Cambridge Analytica," the firm, said in a statement.
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"Wylie has misrepresented himself and the company to the committee, and previously to the news media. He admits himself that what he says is speculation," the statement added.
10) Indian billionaire paid Dan Muresan to make Congress lose elections: Wylie said that his predecessor, Dan Muresan, Head of Elections at SCL Group, had also been working in India before he died in Kenya under mysterious circumstances. Paul-Olivier Dehaye, co-founder of PersonalData. IO, a service that helps individuals regain control over their personal data, also giving evidence to the committee, added that he had heard reports that Muresan was being paid by an Indian billionaire who wanted Congress to lose elections.
"So he was pretending to work for one party but actually paid underhand by someone else," said Dehaye. He added that it would be for Indian and Kenyan journalists to get together to investigate the matter further.
11) Cambridge Analytica has details of 50 million Facebook users: Wylie has accused his former employer, Cambridge Analytica, of gathering the details of 50 million users on Facebook through a personality quiz in 2014. He alleges that because 270,000 people took the quiz, the data of some 50 million users, mainly in the US, was harvested without their explicit consent via their friend networks.
Wylie claims the data was sold to Cambridge Analytica, which then used it to psychologically profile people and deliver material in favour of Donald Trump during the 2016 US presidential elections. He also criticised Cambridge Analytica for running campaigns in "struggling democracies", which he called "an example of what modern-day colonialism looks like".
"You have a wealthy company from a developed nation going into an economy or democracy that's still struggling to get its feet on the ground and taking advantage of that to profit from that," he told MPs.
Cambridge Analytica denies any of the data acquired was used as part of the services it provided to the Trump campaign.
12) French vigilante says NaMo app shares its data with third-party illegally: Meanwhile, the Narendra Modi government is now facing the ire of privacy vigilantes for illegally sharing data from the "official app of the Prime Minister of India" with a third party company in the US. A French vigilante hacker in a series of tweets alleged that the personal data including email IDs, photos, gender and names of the users of Modi's mobile app were being sent to a third party domain without their consent.
"When you create a profile in the official @narendramodi #Android app, all your device info (OS, network type, Carrier …) and personal data (email, photo, gender, name, …) are sent without your consent to a third-party domain called http://in.wzrkt.com," the privacy vigilante who goes by the name Elliot Alderson tweeted on March 23. Alderson claimed that this domain belongs to a US-based company called CleverTap, a mobile marketing solution provider with offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
In an undercover report last week, Cambridge Analytica executives had been caught boasting that they, along with parent company Strategic Communications Laboratories, had worked in more than 200 elections around the world, including India, Nigeria, Kenya, the Czech Republic and Argentina.
The Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) today said that a notice seeking details relating to breach of data from Facebook had been sent to Cambridge Analytica particularly with regard to reports in the media about questionable practices attributed to the UK-based firm in their efforts to influence elections.
"It is felt that there is a need for further information about the data breach from Facebook. Accordingly, a letter has been issued by the Ministry of Electronics & IT on March 28, 2018, to Facebook seeking their response," Meity said in a statement.
The ministry has raised five questions in all including whether the personal data of Indian voters and users has been compromised by Cambridge Analytica or any other downstream entity in any manner.
The ministry has asked social media major to submit a reply whether the company or its related or downstream agencies utilising Facebook's data have previously been engaged by any entities "to manipulate the Indian electoral process".
Here are the top 10 developments in the Cambridge Analytica row:
1) Govt seeks Facebook's response by April 7: The letter sent to Facebook said that at present, it has the largest footprint in India in terms of its user base and sought its reply on proactive measures being taken by the company to ensure safety, security and privacy of such large user data and to prevent its misuse by any third party.
"Facebook has been called upon to give their response by April 7, 2018," the statement said.
Govt seeks Cambridge Analytica's response by March 31: The government had on Friday issued a notice to UK-based Cambridge Analytica, asking it to give a list of clients and the source of data it had collected.
The IT Ministry has asked the firm to respond by March 31 on six questions, including how the company had collected user data, whether consent was taken from the individuals, and how the data was used.
2) Facebook to step up privacy settings: Meanwhile, Facebook has said it will overhaul its privacy settings tools to put users "more in control" of their information on the social media website. The updates include improved access to Facebook's user settings and tools to easily search for, download and delete personal data stored by Facebook.
A new privacy shortcuts menu will allow users to quickly increase account security, manage who can see their information and activity on the site and control advertisements they see.
"We've heard loud and clear that privacy settings and other important tools are too hard to find and that we must do more to keep people informed," chief privacy officer Erin Egan and deputy general counsel Ashlie Beringer said in a blog post.
Egan and Beringer also announced updates to Facebook's terms of service and data policy to improve transparency about how the site collects and uses data.
3) Christopher Wylie furnishes proof: A day after whistleblower Christopher Wylie clarified that Cambridge Analytica "worked extensively" in India, Wylie on Wednesday put out the controversial data analytics firm's past projects, including 2010 general elections, in the country.
"I've been getting a lot of requests from Indian journalists, so here are some of Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL)'s past projects in India," Wylie tweeted. SCL is the parent arm of Cambridge Analytica.
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The whistleblower while testifying before the UK Parliament on Tuesday said Congress was a client of the firm and that SCL/CA works in India and has offices there. "This is what modern colonialism looks like."
4) SCL India has records of 700,000 villages: Tweeting several pictures along with the post, Wylie said SCL India has a database of over 600 districts and 700,000 villages, and the data is constantly being updated.
"The firm's services help clients to identify and target key groups within the population to effectively influence their behaviour to realise the desired outcome."
According to one of the pictures, the information collected by the SCL includes household level demographics, specifically focusing on caste data, linked to online mapping applications.
ALSO READ: Whistleblower Christopher Wylie puts out CA's projects in India
It said the firm carried out caste-based census and research campaigns with interviews in states as well as general elections.
It further said the CA on behalf of a national party had analysed caste structure and dynamics within Uttar Pradesh during 2012 state elections.
In 2009 general elections, SCL India managed the campaigns of a number of Lok Sabha candidates, and its research and campaign data collection methodologies formed strategies to give the clients successful campaigns.
It mentioned the CA also undertook various other projects including Psephological studies and behavioural poling in Delhi and Chhattisgarh; electoral research and strategy for Janata Dal (United) in the 2010 state elections; research-based campaigns to support a trans-national programme for countering the Non-Desired Behaviour (NDB) of recruitment into, and support of, violent Jihadism in Kerala, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh in 2007.
He revealed the firm also worked on psephological studies and opinion pollings for a national party in 2003 Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan elections.
5) Congress shows BJP- Cambridge Analytica links: Tuesday's revelations have already initiated a blame game between the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party, with the BJP demanding an apology from the grand old party and the Congress hit back by denying the allegations and asking Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to initiate a probe into the matter as it would only expose the ruling party.
At a press conference, the Congress alleged links between the BJP and Cambridge Analytica. As an evidence, it shared that the former BJP IT data head and current head of MyGov website Arvind Gupta tweet praising Cambridge Analytica in 2017. It also claimed that Union minister Smriti Irani follows Cambridge Analytica on Twitter.
6) Ex-Cambridge Analytica employee names Congress as a client: Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie on Tuesday told British Parliament that his company worked in India and that he "believes" Congress was a client.
"I believe their (Cambridge Analytica) 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," he said as part of his deposition.
Wylie also told the lawmakers that Cambridge Analytica has offices in India and employed staff. "I believe I have some documentation on India which I can also provide to the committee if that's something of interest."
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Data analytics expert and formerly an employee at Cambridge Analytica, Wylie, alleged that the political consultancy firm used personal information harvested from more than 50 million Facebook users to influence elections.
7) BJP seeks apology from Rahul Gandhi: The BJP on Tuesday attacked the Congress over Chris Wylie’s deposition naming the Opposition party. The BJP demanded an apology from Congress President Rahul Gandhi. “Rahul Gandhi has been trying to divert attention. Today, he stands exposed. The Congress and he must apologise to the nation,” Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, adding the Congress’ allegations against the BJP were full of lies.
8) Congress dubs links with Cambridge Analytica ' all false': The Congress did not shy away from responding to the allegations against it. Its spokesperson, Randeep Singh Surjewala, pointed to the disclosure that a non-resident Indian billionaire from Gujarat was funding campaigns so that the Congress could be defeated in the elections. "It is all false.
Why is India's perpetually lying Law Minister (Ravi Shankar Prasad) throwing allegations in the media. He is in power. Why doesn't he show all proof and then register an FIR? We challenge you (Bharatiya Janata Party). They fear they will be exposed if they probe," said party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala.
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दो दिन पहले ही Cambridge Analytica के पार्टनर श्री अवनीश राय जी द्वारा माना गया कि CA को कांग्रेस के ख़िलाफ़ 2014 के चुनाव में इस्तेमाल किया गया,किसके द्वारा किया गया? 2/https://soundcloud.com/officeofrssurjewala/sound-bite-on-shri-ravi-shankar-prasads-lies-on-ca …
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दो दिन पहले ही Cambridge Analytica के पार्टनर श्री अवनीश राय जी द्वारा माना गया कि CA को कांग्रेस के ख़िलाफ़ 2014 के चुनाव में इस्तेमाल किया गया,किसके द्वारा किया गया? 2/https://soundcloud.com/officeofrssurjewala/sound-bite-on-shri-ravi-shankar-prasads-lies-on-ca …
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विदेश से आये एक NRI गुजराती व्यापारी के द्वारा जो इस बात के लिए करोड़ों रुपये CA को दे रहे थे कि किस प्रकार से कांग्रेस के खिलाफ षड्यंत्र किया जाये!
उसके बाद भाजपा की कलई खुल गयी!
कांग्रेस के खिलाफ षड्यंत्र कौन करवा रहा था?
स्वाभाविक तौर से भारतीय जनता पार्टी ! 3/
9:47 PM - Mar 27, 2018 · New Delhi, India
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विदेश से आये एक NRI गुजराती व्यापारी के द्वारा जो इस बात के लिए करोड़ों रुपये CA को दे रहे थे कि किस प्रकार से कांग्रेस के खिलाफ षड्यंत्र किया जाये!
उसके बाद भाजपा की कलई खुल गयी!
कांग्रेस के खिलाफ षड्यंत्र कौन करवा रहा था?
स्वाभाविक तौर से भारतीय जनता पार्टी ! 3/
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रवि शंकर प्रसाद जी यह भूल गए कि House of Commons में एक सांसद ने उसी व्यक्ति से खड़े होकर यह पुछा कि Cambridge Analytica किस प्रकार से कांग्रेस के खिलाफ एक षड्यंत्र कर रही थी और एक NRI उसको पैसे दे रहा था।
इसके बारे में भी कानून मंत्री अब सफाई देने से पूरी तरह से बच गए। 4/
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रवि शंकर प्रसाद जी यह भूल गए कि House of Commons में एक सांसद ने उसी व्यक्ति से खड़े होकर यह पुछा कि Cambridge Analytica किस प्रकार से कांग्रेस के खिलाफ एक षड्यंत्र कर रही थी और एक NRI उसको पैसे दे रहा था।
इसके बारे में भी कानून मंत्री अब सफाई देने से पूरी तरह से बच गए। 4/
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देश के सामने गंभीर समस्याएं है, समेत Date और Data चोरी की,भाजपा ने तो चुनाव आयोग की Date भी चोरी कर ली और Data तो इस देश का हर रोज़ चोरी हो रहा है वह "AADHAAR" हो या NaMo App हो!
तो इसलिए ध्यान मत भटकाइये,जवाब दीजिये,क्या आपको इस देश के खुद के नागरिक अवनीश राय पर विश्वास नहीं?5/
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देश के सामने गंभीर समस्याएं है, समेत Date और Data चोरी की,भाजपा ने तो चुनाव आयोग की Date भी चोरी कर ली और Data तो इस देश का हर रोज़ चोरी हो रहा है वह "AADHAAR" हो या NaMo App हो!
तो इसलिए ध्यान मत भटकाइये,जवाब दीजिये,क्या आपको इस देश के खुद के नागरिक अवनीश राय पर विश्वास नहीं?5/
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रवि शंकर प्रसाद जी,आप कानून मंत्री है, आपकी पार्टी के प्रधानमंत्री है,आप क्यूँ सारे सबूत, क्यूँ सारे साक्ष्य,क्यूँ सारे तथ्य सार्वजनिक पटल पर नहीं रख देते?
किसने किसको engage किया,कौन कहाँ से कितना पैसा लाया-इस सारे घालमेल का सच देश के सामने आ जायेगा। 6/https://soundcloud.com/officeofrssurjewala/sound-bite-on-shri-ravi-shankar-prasads-lies-on-ca …
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9) Chris Wylie had no direct knowledge of company's work since 2014: Cambridge Analytica
Cambridge Analytica (CA), which is in the midst of the Facebook data privacy storm, has come to the fore and responded to the hearing of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, saying that whistleblower Chris Wylie had "no direct knowledge of the company's work or practices since 2014."
"Chris Wylie was a part-time contractor who left Cambridge Analytica in July 2014 and has no direct knowledge of the company's work or practices since that date. He was at the company for less than a year, after which he was made the subject of restraining undertakings to prevent his misuse of the company's intellectual property while attempting to set up his own rival firm. He was not, as he claims, a founder of Cambridge Analytica," the firm, said in a statement.
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"Wylie has misrepresented himself and the company to the committee, and previously to the news media. He admits himself that what he says is speculation," the statement added.
10) Indian billionaire paid Dan Muresan to make Congress lose elections: Wylie said that his predecessor, Dan Muresan, Head of Elections at SCL Group, had also been working in India before he died in Kenya under mysterious circumstances. Paul-Olivier Dehaye, co-founder of PersonalData. IO, a service that helps individuals regain control over their personal data, also giving evidence to the committee, added that he had heard reports that Muresan was being paid by an Indian billionaire who wanted Congress to lose elections.
"So he was pretending to work for one party but actually paid underhand by someone else," said Dehaye. He added that it would be for Indian and Kenyan journalists to get together to investigate the matter further.
11) Cambridge Analytica has details of 50 million Facebook users: Wylie has accused his former employer, Cambridge Analytica, of gathering the details of 50 million users on Facebook through a personality quiz in 2014. He alleges that because 270,000 people took the quiz, the data of some 50 million users, mainly in the US, was harvested without their explicit consent via their friend networks.
Wylie claims the data was sold to Cambridge Analytica, which then used it to psychologically profile people and deliver material in favour of Donald Trump during the 2016 US presidential elections. He also criticised Cambridge Analytica for running campaigns in "struggling democracies", which he called "an example of what modern-day colonialism looks like".
"You have a wealthy company from a developed nation going into an economy or democracy that's still struggling to get its feet on the ground and taking advantage of that to profit from that," he told MPs.
Cambridge Analytica denies any of the data acquired was used as part of the services it provided to the Trump campaign.
12) French vigilante says NaMo app shares its data with third-party illegally: Meanwhile, the Narendra Modi government is now facing the ire of privacy vigilantes for illegally sharing data from the "official app of the Prime Minister of India" with a third party company in the US. A French vigilante hacker in a series of tweets alleged that the personal data including email IDs, photos, gender and names of the users of Modi's mobile app were being sent to a third party domain without their consent.
"When you create a profile in the official @narendramodi #Android app, all your device info (OS, network type, Carrier …) and personal data (email, photo, gender, name, …) are sent without your consent to a third-party domain called http://in.wzrkt.com," the privacy vigilante who goes by the name Elliot Alderson tweeted on March 23. Alderson claimed that this domain belongs to a US-based company called CleverTap, a mobile marketing solution provider with offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
In an undercover report last week, Cambridge Analytica executives had been caught boasting that they, along with parent company Strategic Communications Laboratories, had worked in more than 200 elections around the world, including India, Nigeria, Kenya, the Czech Republic and Argentina.
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