March 28, 2018
H5N1 United Kingdom-based whistleblower, who is at the middle of a tempest over alleged information breaches past times Cambridge Analytica, on Midweek posted information on social media that claims to let on the British consultancy’s operate inwards Republic of Republic of India dating dorsum to 2003.
Christopher Wylie, a quondam employee of CA, had told MPs during his prove earlier the UK Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media in addition to Sport Committee on Tuesday that the fellowship had worked “extensively” inwards Republic of Republic of India in addition to that he believes Congress was ane of its clients.
In a postal service on Twitter on Wednesday, the 28-year-old also named the Janata Dal-United every bit a customer during the 2010 Bihar elections in addition to brought upwards or in addition to therefore caste surveys carried out inwards Uttar Pradesh past times SCL Republic of Republic of India -- the raise fellowship of CA.
“I’ve been getting a lot of requests from Indian journalists, in addition to therefore hither are or in addition to therefore of SCL’s past times projects inwards India. To the most oft asked enquiry -- yep SCL/CA industrial plant inwards Republic of Republic of India in addition to has offices there. This is what modern colonialism looks like,” Wylie tweeted.
His message includes documents which dot that SCL Republic of Republic of India boasted a database of “over 600 districts in addition to seven lakh villages, which is constantly existence updated”.
Its achieve inwards Republic of Republic of India is said to include a caput usage inwards Ghaziabad, amongst nine regional offices inwards Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Cuttack, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Patna in addition to Pune.
“SCL Republic of Republic of India was asked to render inquiry in addition to strategy for the 2010 State Elections for the Janata Dal-United. SCL undertook a behavioural inquiry programme targeting over 75 per cent of households to assist the customer inwards non solely identifying the right battlegrounds, but also the right audiences, messages in addition to most importantly the right castes to target amongst their campaigns,” Wylie’s document notes.
The JD-U went on to win the 2010 nation elections every bit component subdivision of an alliance amongst the National Democratic Alliance.
Wylie’s document also showed caste census in addition to caste inquiry campaigns carried out inwards Uttar Pradesh inwards 2011-2012 on behalf of a “national party”.
“The inquiry included analysis of caste construction in addition to dynamics inside the nation leading to conclusions regarding the identification of the party’s pith voters every bit good every bit probable swing voters,” it claims.
Other aspects of the document encompass the company’s operate across unlike states including during the 2003 Rajasthan election for a “major nation party”; Madhya Pradesh inwards 2003 for a “national party” to position swing voters; a total political survey for a “major party” during the 2007 Uttar Pradesh elections; in addition to managing the campaigns of a seat out of Lok Sabha candidates for the 2009 national elections.
“Our services assist clients to position in addition to target primal groups inside the population to effectively influence their demeanour to realise a desired outcome,” the SCL Republic of Republic of India cloth claims.
It also highlights or in addition to therefore operate on countering “recruitment into in addition to back upwards of” trigger-happy jihadism inwards the states of Kerala, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand in addition to UP inwards 2007, inwards back upwards of a trans-national programme for countering non-desired behaviour.
The House of Commons’ commission investigation into imitation intelligence volition resume adjacent calendar month later on the Parliament’s Easter recess, when a senior Facebook executive is expected to give prove on what the social media giant knew most the alleged misuse of its information past times CA.
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