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Facebook board member Peter Thiel helped fund Cambridge Analytica's work

63 pointsby bad_ramen_soupabout 7 years ago

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bad_ramen_soupabout 7 years ago
According to BuzzFeed, Palantir and Cambridge had no official contract together:<p>---&quot;We actually had several meetings with Palantir whilst I was there. ... There were senior Palantir employees that were also working on the Facebook data,&quot; Wylie said.<p>&quot;That was not an official contract between Palantir and Cambridge Analytica but there were Palantir staff that would come into the office and work on the data.&quot;<p>&quot;We’d also go meet with Palantir staff at Palantir.&quot;<p>&quot;Palantir didn’t officially contract with Cambridge Analytica , but there were Palantir staff who’d help build the models that we were working on.&quot;---<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.buzzfeed.com&#x2F;markdistefano&#x2F;the-cambridge-analytica-whistleblower-claimed-employees-of" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.buzzfeed.com&#x2F;markdistefano&#x2F;the-cambridge-analyti...</a>