With all the renewed interest in Cambridge Analytica from Netflix amazing new film The Great Hack, I thought it might be a good idea to repost my list of links on the subject.
Before digging in though, if you have not seen Carole Cadwalladr’s amazing presentation at the Ted Talks, watch it now! Carole Cadwalladr is a hero. You can donate to her investigative reporting effort here.
In the film it was great to hear from former CA employees Christopher Wylie and Brittany Kaiser. I would also suggest they might want to speak with Molly Schweikert, Theresa Hong and Matt Oczkowski.
In the hopes that this research is not lost and will help others interested in pursuing this topic, here is my link dump compiled over the last couple years in no particular order on CA and the Trump digital operation:
Russian Ads Delivered to Congress — https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/10/hard-questions-russian-ads-delivered-to-congress/
Facebook — http://www.adnews.com.au/opinion/facebook-s-efforts-to-axe-russian-hackers-will-hit-marketers
Facebook — https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/3/facebook-advertising-tool-exploited-russian-operat/
Facebook — https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/10/hard-questions-russian-ads-delivered-to-congress/
Twitter Emoji — https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/donald-trump-twitter-emoji-crooked-hillary-232647
Twitter deal — https://qz.com/1023261/startups-are-co-opting-donald-trumps-digital-playbook-to-push-progressive-politics-in-2018/
Twitter deal — https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/08/facebooks-widening-role-in-electing-trump/
Trump Digital Ops — https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-27/inside-the-trump-bunker-with-12-days-to-go
Matt Oczkowski — http://www.adnews.com.au/news/five-minutes-with-cambridge-analytica
Matt Oczkowski — https://www.wired.com/story/russia-trump-targeting-fake-news/
Matt Oczkowski — http://mashable.com/2017/04/03/cambridge-analytica-trump-data/#YUMS.8JyLsqG
Matt Oczkowski — https://www.cmo.com.au/article/617253/interview-trump-chief-data-scientist-reveals-data-approach-won-an-election/
Matt Oczkowski — http://campaigninbox.com/inbox-placement#Top
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/russia-scandal-unfolds-cambridge-analytica-draws-new-scrutiny
CA Story 11/13/17 — https://www.yahoo.com/news/top-trump-campaign-adviser-admits-fooled-russian-twitter-bot-180041163.html
Custom audiences — http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/06/08/how-trump-used-facebook-to-win/
Facebook — http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-russia-data-fake-accounts-2017-10
CA Voter Targeting — http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-data-russia-cambridge-analytica-2017-10
CA/Facebook/Nix — https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/3/16410950/facebook-cambridge-analytica-russia-ad-targeting-restrictions
CA/Facebook — https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/26/cambridge-analytica-used-data-from-facebook-and-politico-to-help-trump
CA Brexit — https://www.snopes.com/2017/06/14/data-firm-helped-trump-sues-the-guardian-brexit-cambridge-analytica/
CA Brexit — https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/07/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy
Mercer — https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b14z9p9f2f6mgc/robert-mercers-trade-of-the-century
Facebook — http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/06/08/how-trump-used-facebook-to-win/
CA Trump 6/28/16 — https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-tech-data-fundraising-224865
molly schweickert -
matt oczkowski — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lIG2q0FHuw
Video interview Hong CA in Austin TX — http://ihavenotv.com/the-persuasion-machine-secrets-of-silicon-valley
Video interview Hong CA in Austin TX --https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10029595857
CA Trump — http://thedemocraticstrategist.org/2016/12/a-look-inside-the-trump-campaigns-digital-media-strategy/
CA — Trump https://digit.hbs.org/submission/the-45th-how-the-trump-campaigns-digital-strategy-made-history/
Parscale — http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/S-A-web-firm-might-be-included-in-probe-of-the-11177097.php
Facebook — https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-the-trump-campaign-built-an-identity-database-and-used-facebook-ads-to-win-the-election-4ff7d24269ac
CA Ownership - http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/211152/trump-data-analytics-russian-access
CA — https://www.wired.com/story/what-did-cambridge-analytica-really-do-for-trumps-campaign/
Russian story on Parscale — csef/ru/en/oborona-i-bezopasnost/265/chelovek-kotoryj-prines-pobedu-trampu-tajny-hitrejshej-internet-kampanii-7237
Includes image of CA/Parscale team (who are these folks?):
Original Russian Parscale article — www.mk.ru/...
Brexit — http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/03/will-brexit-masterminds-work-for-trump.html
Mercer — http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/291772-billionaire-father-and-daughter-linked-to-trump-shakeup
Facebook — https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/russians-took-a-page-from-corporate-america-by-using-facebook-tool-to-id-and-influence-voters/2017/10/02/681e40d8-a7c5-11e7-850e-2bdd1236be5d_story.html
Note this is a great article that is perhaps the best historical description:
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mg9vvn/how-our-likes-helped-trump-win
Another excellent very detailed historical summary that mentions Wylie and ties it all together (READ THIS FIRST):
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/07/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy?CMP=share_btn_tw
Plus:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/28/trump-assange-bannon-farage-bound-together-in-unholy-alliance
Apologies… there is lots here! This is more of a crowd sourcing research tool than a real diary.
Good luck and have fun!