A 2016 encounter with Aleksandr Kogan foreshadowed the Cambridge Analytica scandal

Evidence

In the next chapter we will take a deeper look at these new ‘weapons of mass persuasion’. It all started with a strange chance encounter I had in 2016 with the man who would soon find himself in the midst of a worldwide scandal. His name? Dr Aleksandr Kogan. — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 473

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Data extraction by platforms is far broader than the Cambridge Analytica scandal — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is
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