based company a man called christopher wiley the data. it was reportedly sold to cambridge analytical and used for political purposes linked to the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election campaign and also the brics it campaign the company said the data was destroyed in twenty fifteen but there were reports not all of it was actually deleted facebook then confirmed that up to eighty seven million users details may have been improperly shared it also goes back to twenty fourteen when two hundred seventy thousand users took an online personality survey via a third party quiz this gave access not only to their facebook information but to that of their friends facebook says it was a violation of company policy ok let's get going let's bring in our guest joining us here on inside story from palo alto california on skype is laurie majid c.e.o. of connect safely dot org that's an internet safety and privacy and security organization in london is sense esprit senior lecturer in the department of informatics at king's college london and joining

much of the hearing focused on testimony given by christopher wiley who claims the company played a role

from christopher wiley about what data was supplied and used. and mr. wiley described that data obtained via the foundation data of the company, which may have collected data on up to 87 million users. it was also clear that there's been action by facebook following these revelations or allegations. so do you want to -- what you'll perhaps do in your statement do you clarify or amend now the evidence that you gave in february with respect to data supplied by gsr and dr. coven? >> thank you. i'm grateful for that opportunity. i thought you would like to continue with the very short statement on this. and so we'll do that and then we can move on to questions from there. look, clearly i accept that some of my offices could have been clearer. but i assure you that i did not intend to mislead you. it was my firm impression that mr. collins questions were focused on whether we were currently in possession of data from gsr following the research they carried out in which i was very clear in telling the committee about. my belief was and remains that we deleted

most of the hearing focused on testimony given by cambridge whistleblower christopher wiley who in previous testimonies said the company played a role in the referendum and shared private user data. >> good afternoon and welcome to this further session of the digital culture media

kogan himself, from christopher wiley about what data was supplied and used. indeed, mr. wiley described that data obtained via the kogan act from facebook is the foundation set of the company, which may have collected data on up to 87 million users, and also clearly there has been action by facebook following these revelations or allegations. do you want to clarify or amend now the evidence that you gave in february with respect to data supplied by gsr and dr. kogan? >> thank you. i'm grateful for that opportunity. look, clearly i accept that some of my answers could have been clearer, be i assure you that i did not intend to mislead you. of course the answer to this question should have been yes. there was certainly no intention to mislead the committee. that was my understanding, and it was a genuine misunderstanding. >> that's the head of the data firm that the trump campaign used in the 2016 elections now admitting what he had previously denied about where they got their data that they used for their political operations, including their most famous victory. and ther

based company a man called christopher wiley the days. it was reportedly sold to cambridge analytical and used for political purposes linked to the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election campaign and also the brics it campaign the company said the data was destroyed in twenty fifteen but there were reports not all of it was actually deleted facebook then confirmed that up to eighty seven million users details may have been improperly shared it also goes back to twenty fourteen when two hundred seventy thousand users took an online personality survey via a third party quiz this gave access not only to their facebook information but to that of their friends facebook says it was a violation of company policy ok let's get going let's bring in our guest joining us here on inside story from palo alto california on skype is laurie majid c.e.o. of connect safely dot org that's an internet safety and privacy and security organization in london is sense esprit senior lecturer in the department of informatics at king's college london and joining

based company a man called christopher wiley the data.t was reportedly sold to cambridge analytical and used for political purposes linked to the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election campaign and also the brics it campaign the company said the data was destroyed in twenty fifteen but there were reports not all of it was actually deleted facebook then confirmed that up to eighty seven million users details may have been improperly shared it also goes back to twenty fourteen when two hundred seventy thousand users took an online personality survey via a third party quiz this gave access not only to their facebook information but to that of their friends facebook says it was a violation of company policy ok let's get going let's bring in our guest joining us here on inside story from palo alto california on skype is laurie majid c.e.o. of connect safely dot org that's an internet safety and privacy and security organization in london is sense esprit senior lecturer in the department of informatics at king's college london and joining us

most of the hearing focused on testimony given by cambridge whistleblower christopher wiley who in previous testimonies said the company played a role in the referendum and shared private user data. >> good afternoon and welcome to this further session of the digital culture media group and our inquiry. thank you to alexander nix for coming back to answer our questions. i thought it would be helpful for the committee, give us an update to what the current status of cambridge analytica is . and what role you had with the company. >> thank you mr. collins. i would be pleased to answer your question. before i do so, i would like to make short clarifications, it will take a few minutes. it is important to get the framework. >> we take questions to track them, we will raise questions on issues. you want to make applications as we get to it, if by the end of the session we have not covered things and you wish to place things on record, i would be happy to have your closing statements. statements and witnesses answer questions and see how we get through. >> i appreciate that. ordinarily, i would r

most of the hearing focused on testimony given by cambridge whistleblower christopher wiley who in previous testimonies said the company played a role in the referendum and shared private user data.