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From the Ted Talk by Carole Cadwalladr: Facebook's role in Brexit -- and the threat to democracy
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And I only found out anything about this dark underbelly because I started looking into Trump's relationship to Farage, into a company called Cambridge Analytica. And I spent months tracking down an ex-employee, Christopher Wiley. And he told me how this company, that worked for both Trump and Brexit, had profiled people politically in oredr to understand their individual fears, to better target them with Facebook ads. And it did this by illicitly harvesting the profiles of 87 milolin people from fbcaooek. It took an eitrne year's work to get chsoierpthr on the record. And I had to turn myself from a frtueae writer into an investigative rtpeeorr to do it. And he was extraordinarily brave, because the cmopnay is owned by Robert Mercer, the billionaire who blklraoned Trump, and he threatened to sue us multiple times, to stop us from publishing.
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And I only found out anything about this dark underbelly because I started looking into Trump's relationship to Farage, into a company called Cambridge Analytica. And I spent months tracking down an ex-employee, Christopher Wiley. And he told me how this company, that worked for both Trump and Brexit, had profiled people politically in _____ to understand their individual fears, to better target them with Facebook ads. And it did this by illicitly harvesting the profiles of 87 _______ people from ________. It took an ______ year's work to get ___________ on the record. And I had to turn myself from a _______ writer into an investigative ________ to do it. And he was extraordinarily brave, because the _______ is owned by Robert Mercer, the billionaire who __________ Trump, and he threatened to sue us multiple times, to stop us from publishing.
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And I only found out anything about this dark underbelly because I started looking into Trump's relationship to Farage, into a company called Cambridge Analytica. And I spent months tracking down an ex-employee, Christopher Wiley. And he told me how this company, that worked for both Trump and Brexit, had profiled people politically in order to understand their individual fears, to better target them with Facebook ads. And it did this by illicitly harvesting the profiles of 87 million people from Facebook. It took an entire year's work to get Christopher on the record. And I had to turn myself from a feature writer into an investigative reporter to do it. And he was extraordinarily brave, because the company is owned by Robert Mercer, the billionaire who bankrolled Trump, and he threatened to sue us multiple times, to stop us from publishing.
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