called scl group which had several different divisions. the largest division when i first joins was defense. -- joined was defense. defense, scl elections was one of the other divisions. they all handled different markets for the company. sen. whitehouse: what are scl canada and aggregate iq? mr. wylie: those were subcontractors that were set up during the time i was there to build out software infrastructure. they played a significant role in building the infrastructure. sen. whitehouse: are they the same entity? mr. wylie: you could think of them like a franchise. sen. whitehouse: the ribbon program was a program that developed the software to use the facebook data? mr. wylie: yes. once you have algorithms and a target, you need something to connect those targets with an online display network. that is the role we are going to play. sen. whitehouse: what is global science research? mr. wylie: it was the company that was set up by dr. cogan. sen. whitehouse: you said it became a company to serve as cambridge analytica. -- service cambridge

this is scl group, the group that has cambridge analytica as part of its operations.he guardian again has been very at the forefront of this story, raking a lot of the detail with regards to this when it was first coming out, about its involvement with facebook. many are concerned now about whether the investigation into what really happened might go away if they go insolvent. well, i don't think that will happen. i think the investigation will carry on, irrespective of whether they are still working as a company or not. this is really important, not only is it about the right for your data to be private, but also there is an impact potentially on the us election, and that is such an issue that i don't think this is going to go away. it is interesting that this month, in the eu, we have new privacy laws. i think that will draw everyone's attention to the importance of why we have private data, why it is important for companies to logout data privately, andi companies to logout data privately, and i think for many people the fact that 50 million americans, overi millio

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called scl group which had several different divisions. the largest division when i was defense. scl elections was one of the other divisions. they'll handle different markets for the company. -- they all handled different markets for the company. >> what our scl canada and aggregate iq? >> those were subcontractors that were set up during the time i was there to build out software infrastructure. they paid -- played a significant role in building the infrastructure. >> are they the same entity? >> you could think of them like a franchise. >> the ribbon program was a program that developed the software to use the facebook data? >> yes. once you have algorithms and a target, you need something to connect those targets with an online display network. that is the >> role that play. what is global science research? >> the company that was set up by dr. cogan. >> you said it became a company to serve as cambridge analytica. >> it became a company so that it can sign a contract with cambridge analytica. is it fair to describe the entities that i have just described as a coordinated netw

wylie: my understanding was that in some of the projects that scl group had in different parts of the world, misappropriated information was -- in elections in particular against opposition candidates. senator lee: ok. in paragraph 30, you say, quote, the russian project undertaken by dr. coringian had a -- corga 234. , had a particularly focus of the dark trades of psychopathy and others. the russian project also conducted behavior research on online trolling. how do you learn all of this? can you describe those projects in more detail? mr. wylie: at the time he told me about some of the research that he was doing, he also told the company about some of the research that was being done by that team in russia. so there's email correspondentence from the firm -- correspondent preferenced the work he was doing for the russians. it was initially through conversations i had with dr. cogan and later through the investigative reporting being done for the past year with the guardian and others, more details have emerged. senator lee: professor hersh, the use of social media to microtarget is

it reports company bosses saying both companies, cambridge analytica and scl group, will shut.un insolvency proceedings here in the uk. they have begun insolvency proceedings here in the uk. their statement says the company is ceasing all operations. it, of course, has embroiled in a row over the improper use of the data of more than 87 million facebook users in president donald trump's us election campaign. our technology reporter rory cellan—jones is at facebook‘s developer conference in san jose, and gave us this update. cambridge analytica has been bred at the centre of discussions here. yesterday when mark zuckerberg open to this comment he made another apology for what had happened with the misuse of people present data. he described what they had done, said it was an appalling breach of trust. it really happened in the fray for out this whole controversy about facebook data. i don't think that there will be many tears shed by facebook executives about this news which is just broken. by facebook executives about this news which isjust broken. he was in sanjose. our report

i was just so deeply disappointed and anchored when nigel oaks, the founder of the scl group, would saythings in recorded conversation -- things like this that resonate. to attack the other group and know that you are going to lose them is going to reinforce and resonate your group, which is why hitler attacked the jews. because he did not have a problem with the jews at all, but people do not like the jews, so he just leveraged an artificial enemy. that's exactly what trump did. he leveraged muslims. trump had the balls -- and i mean really the balls -- to say what people wanted to hear. this is to me really a frightening reality, threat to the very ideal of a nation that was not founded because we all but alike and look alike, we have a set of democratic principles that unite this country. our founders talked about pledging to each other, not religious alliances, not racial alliances, but our sacred honor, . and i am wondering, first and foremost, your experience with this organization that you ultimately left. did you look to see -- did you feel that this was a manipulation of the da

cambridge analytica's parent company, scl group, also announced it's shutting down.don, the former cambridge analytica employee who first revealed the company's misuse of user data, christopher wylie. what's your reaction to the company you co-founded shutting down? >> i have more questions, really. when you look at the company shutting down, my question is first of all there was a new company that was set up recently. you have some of the same shareholders, including the mersers and some of the former executives of cambridge analytica involved in a new company so my first question is is this just a rebranding exercise? secondly i have serious concerns about what is going to happen with the evidence, the documents and indeed the data assets this company and whether or not in shutting down the company that will obstruct ongoing legal investigations. >> some people are asking, christopher, if this is almost like a blackwater situation where they try to change the name and image but continue to conduct business as usual. do you have any information that this is just goi

there is a core group of people which found odd the parent company based in the uk, working in elections around the world for 25 years. those key people are still there, are still running scl. so i think we will be hearing more as this story unfolds. >> anna schecter with breaking news. i'm glad i found you over there three feet away from me. >>> up next, he is a legal expert who has the president's ear. harvard law professor alan dershowitz is going to join me to examine ty cobb's exit from the legal team and the president's war with deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. than our name suggests. we're an organic tea company. a premium juice company. a coconut water company. we've got drinks for long days. for birthdays. for turning over new leaves. and we make them for every moment in every corner of the country. we are the coca-cola company, and we're proud to offer so much more. even when nothing else is. keep her receipts tidy, brand vo: snap and sort your expenses with quickbooks and find, on average, $4,340 in tax savings. quickbooks. backing you. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked a