Cambridge Analytica in Italy – Et tu Matteo? One of the most prominent emerging figures in this swathe of rising populism is Matteo Salvini of Italy. Sure he looks like your Dad's sleazy mate, of dubious competing odours, who cheats on his wife with a loud, obnoxious, blonde woman who he meets at the local motorway service station for sweaty trysts every other weekend, but don't hold that against him. There are plenty of perfectly legitimate reasons to think this greasy grifter is a bit shifty. So it transpires that our old friends Cambridge Analytica/SCL were poking around in Italian politics too, stealing data and sharing and using it to manipulate people's fears and ultimately voting habits. Facebook's chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer announced that "87 million users may be affected, including 214,134 in Italy." "In total, we believe the Facebook information of up to 87 million people - mostly in...
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