Wednesday, Mar. 21, 2018

The Daily

The New York Times

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4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

A young Canadian data expert came up with a plan to harvest people’s personal data from Facebook, and to use that information to influence their voting. How did the brains behind Cambridge Analytica become its whistle-blower? Guest: Matthew Rosenberg, a New York Times reporter in Washington. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:26.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:32.8	This is The Daily.
0:36.0	Today, it was a young Canadian data expert who came up with the plan to harvest people's
0:46.8	personal data off Facebook and use it to influence their voting behavior.
0:53.3	Why the brains behind Cambridge Analytica is now the whistleblower.
1:02.6	It's Wednesday, March 21st.
1:09.7	Matt, when did you first get introduced to Christopher Wiley?
1:13.2	I was in London in August and a reporter wanted to introduce us to this kid, Christopher
1:17.8	Wiley, who had been one of the people who helped found Cambridge Analytica.
1:22.4	Matt Rosenberg was one of the reporters who broke the story of Cambridge Analytica.
1:27.7	We met in East London.
1:28.7	Our thing at the hotel is kind of hip hotel in East London.
1:31.9	In walks this guy, he's like the skinny hipster, 20-year-old like East London kid.
1:37.8	He was a vegan from Canada.
1:40.3	He's wearing a beanie from the Obama 2012 inauguration.
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