Cambridge Analytica whistleblower says CA worked extensively in India, names Congress

March 27, 2018 18:03

Christopher Wylie, a former employee with Cambridge Analytica, on Tuesday said that CA worked "extensively" in India and has an office here.

While deposing in front of UK lawmakers, Wylie said that CA equated to a group of modern colonisers that don't care what is legal or what is not unless it gets the job done.

Wylie named Congress as one of the parties that possibly worked with CA.

"I believe their client was Congress but I know that they have done all kinds of project. 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," he reportedly said. He added that he might have documentary proof of CA's activities in India.

Wylie made the confirmation before the digital, culture, media and sport committee in the House of Commons while testifying against Cambridge Analytica and its alleged role in propagating a culture of fake news and disinformation.

Cambridge Analytica is accused of harvesting more than 50 million user profiles on Facebook with the help of academic researcher Aleksandr Kogan, without any consent from users, allegedly playing a role in the 2016 US presidential election, seeing Donald Trump through victory.

When a lawmaker brought up India, which according to the lawmaker, is Facebook's biggest market, Wylie nodded and said that CA worked in India. "India is Facebook's biggest market, it is a country that is rife with political discord and opportunities to destabilise," said the UK lawmaker, prompting a reply from Wylie.

"They (CA) worked extensively in India, they have an office (there)," said Wylie. The deposition is still going on and more details related to the alleged CA operations in India may come up.

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