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Cambridge Analytica Suspends CEO Alexander Nix

HeadlineMar 21, 2018

Cambridge Analytica has suspended its CEO, Alexander Nix, amid revelations about how the company harvested the data of 50 million Facebook users in order to launch targeted political ads to sway the 2016 election to help President Trump win. The suspension also comes after Channel 4 News videos revealed executives from the company, including Nix, boasting about entrapping politicians and launching fake news campaigns in order to sway elections around the world.

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