Academic who created Cambridge Analytica’s personality test is ‘happy to testify’: report

Lawmakers are calling for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify in the wake of a massive data scandal centered around the political research company, Cambridge Analytica, and how it harvested the private Facebook data of more than 50 million Americans without their consent. 

While the social network’s founder is remaining silent in the wake of the controversy, an academic researcher directly involved is reportedly willing to speak.

In an email obtained by CNN, Aleksandr Kogan, the academic who helped Cambridge Analytica harvest user profile information of more than 50 million Americans, wrote to his colleagues at Cambridge University, “I’ve also seriously been asked if the FBI has reached out, if the two congressional committees in the United States have reached out, and if Parliament or any authorities in the UK have reached out.” Read more…

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