British lawmakers grilled Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer on Thursday , asking him question about the societal media ship’s company ’s persona in the Cambridge Analytica scandal , in which roughly 87 million Facebook users had their data point pilfered through a personality quiz app .
When one of the members of Parliament asked about Palantir having “ improper approach ” to substance abuser datum , Schroepfer confirm that the company was looking into concerns about Palantir , a highly secretive surveillance and data - analytics company that has influence with the CIA , NSA , and FBI .
“ I cogitate we are expect at lots of dissimilar things now many people have raised that concern , ” Schroepfer say the group . “ It ’s something else we are appear into . ”
The inquiry was go by Damian Collins , chair of Parliament ’s Digital , Culture , Media , and Sport Committee . According toCNBC , Collins asked if Palantir was part of Facebook ’s “ inspection work . ”
Schroepfer confirmed : “ Correct . ”
Whistleblower Christoper Wylie stated in March that Cambridge Analytica , a political consultancy , had work with Palantir . Palantir abnegate working with the company , but toldThe New York Timesthat “ an employee , in 2013 - 2014 , betroth in an entirely personal mental ability with mass associated with Cambridge Analytica . ”
In mid - March , Facebookadmittedthat Cambridge Analytica had improperly access data on X of jillion of Facebook user , which it collect through a quiz app call This Is Your Digital Life . harmonize to Wylie , Cambridge Analytica used the data to create psychographic profiles of voters .
While it ’s unclear if it gained admission to the Facebook user data that Cambridge Analytica reap , Palantir ’s connection to the societal internet carry beyond any potential collaboration with Cambridge Analytica . Peter Thiel , a Facebook board member , is a Palantir conscientious objector - founder . ( Thiel secretly funded a causa that smash Gawker Media , Gizmodo ’s former parent caller . )
Hopefully , Kanye West will get to the bottom of this issue during his meeting with Thiel .
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