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The Great Hack (2019)

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  3. <i>Ms. Kaiser,
  4. you seem to have traveled a long way</i>
  5.  
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  8. <i>from an idealistic intern
  9. in Barack Obama's campaign</i>
  10.  
  11. 3
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  13. <i>to working for an organization
  14. that keeps pretty unsavory company.</i>
  15.  
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  18. <i>Didn't that make you uncomfortable at all?</i>
  19.  
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  22. <i>You referred to having two sets
  23. of business cards.</i>
  24.  
  25. 6
  26. 00:01:21,873 --> 00:01:23,083
  27. <i>Who did you work for?</i>
  28.  
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  31. Don't take this the wrong way.
  32.  
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  35. In your life, have you ever worked for
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  39. or provided information
  40. to any country's intelligence agency?
  41.  
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  43. 00:02:03,790 --> 00:02:05,458
  44. Hi. A small coffee, please?
  45.  
  46. 11
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  48. - Uh, $2.25.
  49. - Great.
  50.  
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  53. All right.
  54.  
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  56. 00:02:17,554 --> 00:02:21,224
  57. Who has seen an advertisement
  58.  
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  61. that has convinced you
  62.  
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  65. that your microphone is listening
  66. to your conversations?
  67.  
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  70. It's hard for us to imagine
  71. how else it could work,
  72.  
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  74. 00:02:35,113 --> 00:02:38,950
  75. but what's happening
  76. is that your behavior
  77.  
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  79. 00:02:39,033 --> 00:02:41,119
  80. is being accurately predicted.
  81.  
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  83. 00:02:41,452 --> 00:02:45,957
  84. So, the ads that seem uncannily accurate,
  85.  
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  87. 00:02:46,457 --> 00:02:48,668
  88. that have to be eavesdropping on us,
  89.  
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  91. 00:02:49,377 --> 00:02:51,796
  92. are more likely to be evidence
  93.  
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  95. 00:02:52,005 --> 00:02:53,756
  96. that the targeting works,
  97.  
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  100. and that it predicts our behavior.
  101.  
  102. 24
  103. 00:02:56,801 --> 00:03:00,930
  104. Maybe it's because I grew up
  105. with the Internet as a reality.
  106.  
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  109. The ads don't bother me all that much.
  110.  
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  113. When does it turn sour?
  114.  
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  117. <i>This is a Brooklyn-bound Q express train.</i>
  118.  
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  120. 00:03:26,998 --> 00:03:30,043
  121. <i>The next stop is Canal Street.</i>
  122.  
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  125. <i>It began with the dream
  126. of a connected world.</i>
  127.  
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  129. 00:03:38,468 --> 00:03:41,930
  130. <i>A space where everyone could share
  131. each other's experiences</i>
  132.  
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  134. 00:03:42,347 --> 00:03:43,973
  135. <i>and feel less alone.</i>
  136.  
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  138. 00:03:46,142 --> 00:03:49,604
  139. <i>It wasn't long before this world
  140. became our matchmaker,</i>
  141.  
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  143. 00:03:51,981 --> 00:03:55,068
  144. <i>instant fact-checker,
  145. personal entertainer,</i>
  146.  
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  148. 00:03:55,318 --> 00:03:58,863
  149. <i>guardian of our memories,
  150. even our therapist.</i>
  151.  
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  154. <i>I was teaching digital media
  155. and developing apps.</i>
  156.  
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  159. <i>So, I knew that the data
  160. from our online activity</i>
  161.  
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  164. <i>wasn't just evaporating.</i>
  165.  
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  168. <i>And as I dug deeper, I realized...</i>
  169.  
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  172. <i>these digital traces of ourselves</i>
  173.  
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  176. <i>are being mined
  177. into a trillion-dollar-a-year industry.</i>
  178.  
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  181. <i>We are now the commodity.</i>
  182.  
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  185. <i>But we were so in love</i>
  186.  
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  189. <i>with the gift of this free connectivity...</i>
  190.  
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  193. <i>that no one bothered to read
  194. the terms and conditions.</i>
  195.  
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  198. <i>All of my interactions,</i>
  199.  
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  202. <i>my credit card swipes, web searches,</i>
  203.  
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  206. <i>locations, my likes,</i>
  207.  
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  210. <i>they're all collected in real time
  211. and attached to my identity,</i>
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  215. <i>giving any buyer direct access
  216. to my emotional pulse.</i>
  217.  
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  220. <i>Armed with this knowledge,
  221. they compete for my attention,</i>
  222.  
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  225. <i>feeding me a steady stream of content
  226. built for and seen only by me.</i>
  227.  
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  229. 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:41,132
  230. <i>And this is true
  231. for each and every one of us.</i>
  232.  
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  235. <i>What I like,</i>
  236.  
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  239. <i>what I fear,</i>
  240.  
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  243. <i>what gets my attention,</i>
  244.  
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  247. <i>what my boundaries are,
  248. and what it takes to cross them.</i>
  249.  
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  252. <i>Go back to Washington.</i>
  253.  
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  255. 00:06:01,778 --> 00:06:03,946
  256. <i>Crooked Hillary tells lots of lies.</i>
  257.  
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  259. 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:06,699
  260. <i>The stock market's gonna crash.
  261. I mean, this'll cause a civil war.</i>
  262.  
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  264. 00:06:08,117 --> 00:06:11,204
  265. <i>We saw the fallout
  266. of our filtered realities</i>
  267.  
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  270. <i>in the 2016 election.</i>
  271.  
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  273. 00:06:12,580 --> 00:06:14,980
  274. <i>...you were not offended
  275. when Donald Trump said it!</i>
  276.  
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  278. 00:06:19,837 --> 00:06:22,423
  279. <i>Get the fuck out!</i>
  280.  
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  282. 00:06:22,507 --> 00:06:26,386
  283. <i>The real world became
  284. a deeply divided wreckage site.</i>
  285.  
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  288. <i>Fuck those dirty beaners! Build the wall!</i>
  289.  
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  291. 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:35,060
  292. <i>Whoo!</i>
  293.  
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  295. 00:06:35,395 --> 00:06:38,106
  296. <i>Fight!</i>
  297.  
  298. 68
  299. 00:06:38,523 --> 00:06:42,610
  300. <i>How did the dream
  301. of the connected world tear us apart?</i>
  302.  
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  304. 00:07:03,673 --> 00:07:06,801
  305. My daughter is eight, and my son is four.
  306.  
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  308. 00:07:07,885 --> 00:07:13,683
  309. Uh, every app is carefully scrutinized
  310. before ins... being installed, and...
  311.  
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  314. And, like, now, I'm the dad
  315. who reads the privacy policy and says,
  316.  
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  319. "No, you see here?
  320. They read your messages.
  321.  
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  323. 00:07:22,817 --> 00:07:25,027
  324. Are you okay with that?"
  325.  
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  327. 00:07:27,613 --> 00:07:31,242
  328. That's, like, the new way
  329. I'm gonna be an annoying parent.
  330.  
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  333. Hey.
  334.  
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  337. I've been concerned for a long time
  338.  
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  341. about how the misuse
  342. of our data and information
  343.  
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  346. could affect my children's future.
  347.  
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  350. But it wasn't until
  351. after the 2016 election that I realized
  352.  
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  355. it had already happened on our watch.
  356.  
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  359. It was really, like, a feeling of, like...
  360.  
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  363. ...the worst-case scenario has happened
  364. with technology.
  365.  
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  368. Hmm.
  369.  
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  372. I became obsessed with finding answers.
  373.  
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  376. And the question I kept asking myself was:
  377.  
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  379. 00:08:13,117 --> 00:08:14,785
  380. Who was feeding us fear?
  381.  
  382. 87
  383. 00:08:15,328 --> 00:08:16,412
  384. And how?
  385.  
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  387. 00:08:21,417 --> 00:08:25,671
  388. <i>This was our Project Alamo,
  389. where the digital arm</i>
  390.  
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  393. of the Trump campaign operation was held.
  394.  
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  397. When Project Alamo was at its peak,
  398.  
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  401. they were spending
  402. one million dollars a day
  403.  
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  406. on Facebook ads.
  407.  
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  410. We had the Facebook,
  411. and YouTube, and Google people.
  412.  
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  415. They would kind of congregate here.
  416.  
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  419. I mean, they were basically
  420. our hands-on partners
  421.  
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  424. as far as, you know,
  425. being able to utilize the platform
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  428. 00:08:50,363 --> 00:08:52,073
  429. as effectively as possible.
  430.  
  431. 98
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  433. But what we also learned
  434.  
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  437. is that a company
  438. called Cambridge Analytica...
  439.  
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  441. 00:08:59,330 --> 00:09:02,708
  442. was also working on Project Alamo.
  443.  
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  446. Cambridge Analytica was here.
  447.  
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  450. And this is kind of the brain of... of,
  451. you know, the data.
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  455. - <i>This was the data center.
  456. - Right.</i>
  457.  
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  460. "We gotta target this state.
  461. We gotta target that state."
  462.  
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  465. - So, within that...
  466. - How would they know that?
  467.  
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  470. - How would they know that...
  471. - That's... That's their secret sauce.
  472.  
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  475. - <i>Paul-Olivier?
  476. - I'm there.</i>
  477.  
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  480. <i>Okay. Let me just, uh, set up my screen.</i>
  481.  
  482. 109
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  484. I connected with a mathematician
  485. based out of Switzerland
  486.  
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  489. named Paul-Olivier Dehaye.
  490.  
  491. 111
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  493. <i>I've been looking
  494. at Cambridge Analytica for over a year</i>
  495.  
  496. 112
  497. 00:09:45,626 --> 00:09:48,087
  498. <i>and I think there's more to be found.</i>
  499.  
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  501. 00:09:49,589 --> 00:09:51,591
  502. Both Paul and I understood that
  503.  
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  506. in order to send people
  507. personalized messages,
  508.  
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  510. 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:55,886
  511. you need people's data.
  512.  
  513. 116
  514. 00:09:57,763 --> 00:10:02,143
  515. And Cambridge Analytica
  516. claimed to have 5,000 data points
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  520. on every American voter.
  521.  
  522. 118
  523. 00:10:07,815 --> 00:10:08,983
  524. But it was invisible.
  525.  
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  527. 00:10:10,943 --> 00:10:15,239
  528. And so the question is,
  529. how do you make the invisible visible?
  530.  
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  533. That's the hardest part. Um...
  534.  
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  537. Paul-Olivier Dehaye had
  538.  
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  541. a hypothesis,
  542.  
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  544. 00:10:29,170 --> 00:10:32,882
  545. and the hypothesis was that US voter data
  546.  
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  548. 00:10:33,007 --> 00:10:36,218
  549. was processed
  550. by Cambridge Analytica's parent company
  551.  
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  553. 00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:37,553
  554. in Great Britain.
  555.  
  556. 126
  557. 00:10:43,768 --> 00:10:45,436
  558. And if it was true,
  559.  
  560. 127
  561. 00:10:45,519 --> 00:10:49,273
  562. I could use a British lawyer
  563. to force Cambridge Analytica
  564.  
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  566. 00:10:49,357 --> 00:10:50,650
  567. to give me my data.
  568.  
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  570. 00:10:54,445 --> 00:10:57,657
  571. I think the beauty of David's case
  572. is it encapsulates
  573.  
  574. 130
  575. 00:10:57,990 --> 00:11:02,828
  576. why data rights should be considered
  577. just fundamental rights, simple rights.
  578.  
  579. 131
  580. 00:11:02,912 --> 00:11:04,705
  581. Because all he wants to know
  582.  
  583. 132
  584. 00:11:05,122 --> 00:11:06,540
  585. is what did you do?
  586.  
  587. 133
  588. 00:11:08,042 --> 00:11:12,213
  589. And if David finds out
  590. the data beneath his profile,
  591.  
  592. 134
  593. 00:11:13,130 --> 00:11:15,883
  594. you'll start to be able
  595. to connect the dots in various ways
  596.  
  597. 135
  598. 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:20,054
  599. with Facebook and Cambridge Analytica
  600. and Trump and Brexit
  601.  
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  603. 00:11:20,137 --> 00:11:23,891
  604. and all these loosely-connected entities.
  605.  
  606. 137
  607. 00:11:24,517 --> 00:11:26,519
  608. Because you get to see inside the beast,
  609.  
  610. 138
  611. 00:11:26,852 --> 00:11:28,604
  612. you get to see inside the system.
  613.  
  614. 139
  615. 00:11:39,573 --> 00:11:42,576
  616. I used to be the COO and CFO
  617.  
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  619. 00:11:42,660 --> 00:11:45,496
  620. of the Cambridge Analytica, or SCL, Group.
  621.  
  622. 141
  623. 00:11:46,831 --> 00:11:50,167
  624. If you spoke to most people
  625. that worked at Cambridge Analytica,
  626.  
  627. 142
  628. 00:11:50,626 --> 00:11:52,128
  629. they would say the same thing.
  630.  
  631. 143
  632. 00:11:52,211 --> 00:11:55,715
  633. It was, uh...
  634. an environment of great innovation.
  635.  
  636. 144
  637. 00:11:57,675 --> 00:11:59,927
  638. Hello, my name is Alexander Nix.
  639.  
  640. 145
  641. 00:12:00,010 --> 00:12:01,804
  642. I'm CEO of Cambridge Analytica,
  643.  
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  645. 00:12:02,096 --> 00:12:05,182
  646. the world's leading
  647. data-driven communications company.
  648.  
  649. 147
  650. 00:12:05,599 --> 00:12:08,394
  651. From Mad Men of old to Math Men of today,
  652.  
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  654. 00:12:08,477 --> 00:12:10,479
  655. expert data scientists whose insight
  656.  
  657. 149
  658. 00:12:10,563 --> 00:12:13,399
  659. can tell you far more about audiences
  660. that you want to reach
  661.  
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  663. 00:12:13,482 --> 00:12:14,900
  664. and how to reach them.
  665.  
  666. 151
  667. 00:12:18,654 --> 00:12:23,033
  668. Alexander Nix was very focused
  669. on building a strong elections business.
  670.  
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  673. And then the Obama campaign
  674. very successfully used data
  675.  
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  677. 00:12:28,622 --> 00:12:31,000
  678. and digital communications,
  679.  
  680. 154
  681. 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:34,587
  682. which created a market opportunity
  683. to provide a service
  684.  
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  686. 00:12:34,670 --> 00:12:36,756
  687. to Republican politics in the US.
  688.  
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  691. God bless the great state of Iowa.
  692.  
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  694. 00:12:44,555 --> 00:12:47,641
  695. Ted Cruz went
  696. from the lowest rated candidate
  697.  
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  699. 00:12:47,725 --> 00:12:48,934
  700. in the primaries
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  704. to being the last man standing
  705. before Trump got the nomination.
  706.  
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  709. Let me first of all say...
  710.  
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  713. to God be the glory.
  714.  
  715. 162
  716. 00:13:06,285 --> 00:13:08,513
  717. Everyone said Ted Cruz had
  718. this amazing ground game,
  719.  
  720. 163
  721. 00:13:08,537 --> 00:13:10,790
  722. and now we know
  723. who came up with all of it.
  724.  
  725. 164
  726. 00:13:10,873 --> 00:13:14,126
  727. Joining me now, Alexander Nix,
  728. CEO of Cambridge Analytica,
  729.  
  730. 165
  731. 00:13:14,210 --> 00:13:15,419
  732. the company behind it all.
  733.  
  734. 166
  735. 00:13:15,503 --> 00:13:18,464
  736. It's fascinating, Alexander,
  737. to look at all of the work
  738.  
  739. 167
  740. 00:13:18,547 --> 00:13:20,007
  741. that goes into the ground game.
  742.  
  743. 168
  744. 00:13:20,090 --> 00:13:22,051
  745. Have any of the other candidates
  746. called you?
  747.  
  748. 169
  749. 00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:23,969
  750. Well, um...
  751.  
  752. 170
  753. 00:13:35,731 --> 00:13:37,942
  754. It's my privilege to speak to you today
  755.  
  756. 171
  757. 00:13:38,025 --> 00:13:41,737
  758. about the power of big data
  759. and psychographics.
  760.  
  761. 172
  762. 00:13:42,530 --> 00:13:45,950
  763. When Cambridge Analytica
  764. joined the Trump campaign,
  765.  
  766. 173
  767. 00:13:46,033 --> 00:13:48,118
  768. we were an attractive proposition.
  769.  
  770. 174
  771. 00:13:48,744 --> 00:13:52,331
  772. We'd just spent 14 months
  773. working on the Ted Cruz campaign,
  774.  
  775. 175
  776. 00:13:52,414 --> 00:13:56,669
  777. and had collected a huge amount
  778. of voter data and research,
  779.  
  780. 176
  781. 00:13:56,752 --> 00:13:59,338
  782. which we were able to hand over
  783. to the Trump team.
  784.  
  785. 177
  786. 00:14:01,382 --> 00:14:04,510
  787. By having hundreds and hundreds
  788. of thousands of Americans
  789.  
  790. 178
  791. 00:14:04,593 --> 00:14:05,593
  792. undertake this survey,
  793.  
  794. 179
  795. 00:14:07,179 --> 00:14:09,515
  796. we were able to form a model,
  797.  
  798. 180
  799. 00:14:09,598 --> 00:14:12,977
  800. where we have somewhere close
  801. to four or five thousand data points
  802.  
  803. 181
  804. 00:14:13,060 --> 00:14:16,981
  805. we can use to predict the personality
  806. of every adult in the United States.
  807.  
  808. 182
  809. 00:14:17,565 --> 00:14:20,192
  810. Because it's personality
  811. that drives behavior,
  812.  
  813. 183
  814. 00:14:20,276 --> 00:14:23,362
  815. and behavior that obviously influences
  816. how you vote.
  817.  
  818. 184
  819. 00:14:24,613 --> 00:14:26,615
  820. We could then start to target people
  821.  
  822. 185
  823. 00:14:26,699 --> 00:14:29,451
  824. with highly-targeted
  825. digital video content.
  826.  
  827. 186
  828. 00:14:30,244 --> 00:14:33,539
  829. Secretary Clinton said there was
  830. nothing marked classified on her emails
  831.  
  832. 187
  833. 00:14:33,622 --> 00:14:35,541
  834. either sent or received. Was that true?
  835.  
  836. 188
  837. 00:14:36,959 --> 00:14:39,837
  838. <i>Our movement is about replacing</i>
  839.  
  840. 189
  841. 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:44,049
  842. <i>a failed
  843. and corrupt political establishment.</i>
  844.  
  845. 190
  846. 00:14:44,133 --> 00:14:46,886
  847. Why aren't I 50 points ahead,
  848. you might ask?
  849.  
  850. 191
  851. 00:14:46,969 --> 00:14:49,513
  852. <i>Do you really need to ask?</i>
  853.  
  854. 192
  855. 00:15:02,735 --> 00:15:04,445
  856. A night that will go down in history,
  857.  
  858. 193
  859. 00:15:04,528 --> 00:15:07,698
  860. a stunning upset as Donald Trump
  861. triumphs over Hillary Clinton,
  862.  
  863. 194
  864. 00:15:07,781 --> 00:15:11,368
  865. defying the polls, the pundits,
  866. and the political class once again,
  867.  
  868. 195
  869. 00:15:11,452 --> 00:15:14,163
  870. this time elected president
  871. of the United States.
  872.  
  873. 196
  874. 00:15:31,889 --> 00:15:34,308
  875. USA! USA!
  876.  
  877. 197
  878. 00:15:34,391 --> 00:15:36,435
  879. Thank you.
  880.  
  881. 198
  882. 00:15:36,518 --> 00:15:38,437
  883. Thank you very much, everybody.
  884.  
  885. 199
  886. 00:15:46,528 --> 00:15:50,032
  887. If there's one singular takeaway
  888. from this event,
  889.  
  890. 200
  891. 00:15:50,115 --> 00:15:52,952
  892. that is that these sorts
  893. of technologies
  894.  
  895. 201
  896. 00:15:53,035 --> 00:15:54,662
  897. can make a huge difference
  898.  
  899. 202
  900. 00:15:54,745 --> 00:15:58,248
  901. and will continue to do so
  902. for many years to come.
  903.  
  904. 203
  905. 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:00,084
  906. Thank you.
  907.  
  908. 204
  909. 00:16:07,466 --> 00:16:10,302
  910. After the election,
  911. it was really exciting.
  912.  
  913. 205
  914. 00:16:12,638 --> 00:16:15,516
  915. We could see the path
  916. to being a billion-dollar company.
  917.  
  918. 206
  919. 00:16:16,517 --> 00:16:19,937
  920. We were on top of the world.
  921. Or at least we thought we were.
  922.  
  923. 207
  924. 00:16:37,788 --> 00:16:39,707
  925. This is the exciting box.
  926.  
  927. 208
  928. 00:16:45,045 --> 00:16:47,548
  929. I've been investigating
  930. Cambridge Analytica
  931.  
  932. 209
  933. 00:16:48,632 --> 00:16:54,888
  934. and how that ties to the Brexit campaign
  935. to leave the European Union.
  936.  
  937. 210
  938. 00:16:57,391 --> 00:17:01,103
  939. And this has been my full-time,
  940. 12-hours-a-day,
  941.  
  942. 211
  943. 00:17:01,186 --> 00:17:05,649
  944. seven-days-a-week kind of obsession,
  945. I would say, since then.
  946.  
  947. 212
  948. 00:17:06,567 --> 00:17:07,901
  949. It's been all-consuming.
  950.  
  951. 213
  952. 00:17:12,281 --> 00:17:15,492
  953. When I first started looking
  954. into this whole web of links
  955.  
  956. 214
  957. 00:17:15,576 --> 00:17:18,954
  958. between Cambridge Analytica and Brexit...
  959.  
  960. 215
  961. 00:17:20,122 --> 00:17:22,416
  962. I emailed Andy Wigmore,
  963.  
  964. 216
  965. 00:17:22,708 --> 00:17:26,754
  966. who is an associate of Nigel Farage.
  967.  
  968. 217
  969. 00:17:27,087 --> 00:17:32,634
  970. And Nigel Farage is a very central figure
  971. in the Brexit campaign.
  972.  
  973. 218
  974. 00:17:34,470 --> 00:17:36,680
  975. I sort of said,
  976. "Oh, can we go for a coffee?
  977.  
  978. 219
  979. 00:17:37,306 --> 00:17:40,851
  980. I'm really interested in technology
  981. and campaigning."
  982.  
  983. 220
  984. 00:17:41,977 --> 00:17:45,272
  985. And then he just sort of like,
  986. he just like laid it all out.
  987.  
  988. 221
  989. 00:17:51,236 --> 00:17:53,280
  990. It was just after the Inauguration.
  991.  
  992. 222
  993. 00:17:53,697 --> 00:17:57,034
  994. So, Andy, he was just like sort of, like,
  995. showing me all the photos on his phone.
  996.  
  997. 223
  998. 00:17:57,117 --> 00:17:58,869
  999. "This is the inauguration."
  1000.  
  1001. 224
  1002. 00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:02,414
  1003. Then, "Oh, it's such a laugh!
  1004.  
  1005. 225
  1006. 00:18:02,664 --> 00:18:04,583
  1007. We had such a good time. Oh, Donald..."
  1008.  
  1009. 226
  1010. 00:18:06,543 --> 00:18:09,588
  1011. And I was like, "How did the introduction
  1012. to Cambridge Analytica come out?"
  1013.  
  1014. 227
  1015. 00:18:10,923 --> 00:18:14,301
  1016. He was like, "You know, it's 'cause Nigel.
  1017. Nigel's friends with Steve Bannon."
  1018.  
  1019. 228
  1020. 00:18:14,593 --> 00:18:17,805
  1021. Ladies and gentlemen, Steve Bannon!
  1022.  
  1023. 229
  1024. 00:18:18,263 --> 00:18:22,101
  1025. Steve Bannon headed
  1026. the campaign for Trump.
  1027.  
  1028. 230
  1029. 00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:26,772
  1030. He's also the Vice President
  1031. of Cambridge Analytica.
  1032.  
  1033. 231
  1034. 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:31,068
  1035. So he's like, "Yeah, there's this bunch
  1036. of billionaires in the States.
  1037.  
  1038. 232
  1039. 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:33,445
  1040. We've all got the same aims,
  1041.  
  1042. 233
  1043. 00:18:33,946 --> 00:18:38,283
  1044. and Brexit was the petri dish for Trump."
  1045.  
  1046. 234
  1047. 00:18:38,367 --> 00:18:41,411
  1048. For most of my life,
  1049. America is the leader.
  1050.  
  1051. 235
  1052. 00:18:41,703 --> 00:18:44,998
  1053. Now, I would like to think,
  1054. in my own little way,
  1055.  
  1056. 236
  1057. 00:18:45,499 --> 00:18:47,292
  1058. that what we did with Brexit
  1059.  
  1060. 237
  1061. 00:18:47,751 --> 00:18:51,380
  1062. was the beginning
  1063. of what is gonna turn out to be
  1064.  
  1065. 238
  1066. 00:18:51,463 --> 00:18:53,674
  1067. a global revolution
  1068.  
  1069. 239
  1070. 00:18:53,757 --> 00:18:56,176
  1071. and that Trump's victory
  1072. is a part of that.
  1073.  
  1074. 240
  1075. 00:19:01,557 --> 00:19:05,644
  1076. Anyway, and then he told me
  1077. all sorts of other stuff
  1078.  
  1079. 241
  1080. 00:19:05,727 --> 00:19:08,605
  1081. about, you know, how they used
  1082. artificial intelligence,
  1083.  
  1084. 242
  1085. 00:19:08,689 --> 00:19:12,651
  1086. you know,
  1087. how they were mining details from Facebook
  1088.  
  1089. 243
  1090. 00:19:12,734 --> 00:19:14,278
  1091. and, um...
  1092.  
  1093. 244
  1094. 00:19:14,361 --> 00:19:18,115
  1095. And he was like... And he was like,
  1096. "It's creepy, Carole!" He said,
  1097.  
  1098. 245
  1099. 00:19:18,198 --> 00:19:20,450
  1100. "The amount of information
  1101. you can get on people...
  1102.  
  1103. 246
  1104. 00:19:20,534 --> 00:19:22,369
  1105. People just give it to you!"
  1106.  
  1107. 247
  1108. 00:19:22,452 --> 00:19:24,132
  1109. And he sort of said,
  1110. "It's just so creepy!"
  1111.  
  1112. 248
  1113. 00:19:26,039 --> 00:19:28,041
  1114. So, I just kind of kept going.
  1115.  
  1116. 249
  1117. 00:19:29,751 --> 00:19:31,044
  1118. The Brexit work.
  1119.  
  1120. 250
  1121. 00:19:32,462 --> 00:19:37,134
  1122. I'd started tracking down all these
  1123. Cambridge Analytica ex-employees.
  1124.  
  1125. 251
  1126. 00:19:40,470 --> 00:19:44,892
  1127. And, eventually, I got one guy
  1128. who was prepared to talk to me.
  1129.  
  1130. 252
  1131. 00:19:46,476 --> 00:19:47,519
  1132. Chris Wylie.
  1133.  
  1134. 253
  1135. 00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:54,735
  1136. We had this first telephone call,
  1137. which was insane.
  1138.  
  1139. 254
  1140. 00:19:54,818 --> 00:19:57,654
  1141. It was about eight hours long. And...
  1142.  
  1143. 255
  1144. 00:20:05,704 --> 00:20:08,373
  1145. My name is Christopher Wylie,
  1146. I'm a data scientist
  1147.  
  1148. 256
  1149. 00:20:08,457 --> 00:20:10,500
  1150. and I helped set up Cambridge Analytica.
  1151.  
  1152. 257
  1153. 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:15,297
  1154. It's incorrect to call Cambridge Analytica
  1155.  
  1156. 258
  1157. 00:20:15,380 --> 00:20:19,551
  1158. a purely sort of data science company
  1159. or an algorithm, you know, company.
  1160.  
  1161. 259
  1162. 00:20:19,676 --> 00:20:22,930
  1163. You know, it is a full-service
  1164. propaganda machine.
  1165.  
  1166. 260
  1167. 00:20:26,516 --> 00:20:29,561
  1168. You were an investor
  1169. in Cambridge Analytica.
  1170.  
  1171. 261
  1172. 00:20:29,645 --> 00:20:32,624
  1173. - I helped put the company together.
  1174. - And... Yes, you did. And...
  1175.  
  1176. 262
  1177. 00:20:32,648 --> 00:20:34,733
  1178. And gave it...
  1179. And gave it that amazing name.
  1180.  
  1181. 263
  1182. 00:20:35,192 --> 00:20:38,111
  1183. Steve Bannon was the editor of <i>Breitbart.</i>
  1184.  
  1185. 264
  1186. 00:20:39,613 --> 00:20:42,366
  1187. He follows this idea
  1188. of the <i>Breitbart</i> doctrine,
  1189.  
  1190. 265
  1191. 00:20:42,449 --> 00:20:46,370
  1192. which is that, if you want
  1193. to fundamentally change society,
  1194.  
  1195. 266
  1196. 00:20:46,495 --> 00:20:48,121
  1197. you first have to break it.
  1198.  
  1199. 267
  1200. 00:20:48,455 --> 00:20:49,915
  1201. And it's only when you break it
  1202.  
  1203. 268
  1204. 00:20:49,998 --> 00:20:54,711
  1205. is when you can remold the pieces
  1206. into your vision of a new society.
  1207.  
  1208. 269
  1209. 00:20:58,257 --> 00:20:59,925
  1210. This was the weapon
  1211.  
  1212. 270
  1213. 00:21:00,008 --> 00:21:03,178
  1214. that Steve Bannon wanted to build
  1215. to fight his culture war.
  1216.  
  1217. 271
  1218. 00:21:04,179 --> 00:21:05,847
  1219. And we could build them for him.
  1220.  
  1221. 272
  1222. 00:21:06,431 --> 00:21:09,393
  1223. But I needed to figure out a way
  1224. of getting data,
  1225.  
  1226. 273
  1227. 00:21:09,476 --> 00:21:12,938
  1228. and so I went
  1229. to these Cambridge University profs
  1230.  
  1231. 274
  1232. 00:21:13,021 --> 00:21:14,606
  1233. and asked, "What do you think?"
  1234.  
  1235. 275
  1236. 00:21:28,328 --> 00:21:33,750
  1237. Kogan offered us apps on Facebook
  1238. that were given special permission
  1239.  
  1240. 276
  1241. 00:21:33,959 --> 00:21:39,756
  1242. to harvest data not from just the person
  1243. who used the app or joined the app,
  1244.  
  1245. 277
  1246. 00:21:41,049 --> 00:21:45,053
  1247. but also it would then go
  1248. into their entire friend network
  1249.  
  1250. 278
  1251. 00:21:45,637 --> 00:21:48,724
  1252. and pull out
  1253. all of the friends' data as well.
  1254.  
  1255. 279
  1256. 00:21:50,475 --> 00:21:53,061
  1257. If you were a friend of somebody
  1258. who used the app,
  1259.  
  1260. 280
  1261. 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:56,148
  1262. you would have no idea
  1263. that I just pulled all of your data.
  1264.  
  1265. 281
  1266. 00:22:00,777 --> 00:22:03,780
  1267. We took things like status updates, likes,
  1268.  
  1269. 282
  1270. 00:22:03,864 --> 00:22:06,116
  1271. in some cases, private messages.
  1272.  
  1273. 283
  1274. 00:22:08,660 --> 00:22:10,954
  1275. We wouldn't just be targeting you
  1276. as a voter,
  1277.  
  1278. 284
  1279. 00:22:11,038 --> 00:22:14,333
  1280. we'd be targeting you as a personality.
  1281.  
  1282. 285
  1283. 00:22:16,460 --> 00:22:20,672
  1284. We would only need to touch
  1285. a couple hundred thousand people
  1286.  
  1287. 286
  1288. 00:22:20,756 --> 00:22:23,342
  1289. to build a psychological profile
  1290.  
  1291. 287
  1292. 00:22:23,425 --> 00:22:28,013
  1293. of each voter in all of the United States.
  1294.  
  1295. 288
  1296. 00:22:31,975 --> 00:22:33,244
  1297. And people had no idea
  1298.  
  1299. 289
  1300. 00:22:33,268 --> 00:22:35,354
  1301. that their data was being taken
  1302. in this way?
  1303.  
  1304. 290
  1305. 00:22:36,313 --> 00:22:37,314
  1306. No.
  1307.  
  1308. 291
  1309. 00:22:42,486 --> 00:22:44,363
  1310. You didn't ever stop and think,
  1311.  
  1312. 292
  1313. 00:22:44,446 --> 00:22:47,866
  1314. "Actually, this is people's
  1315. personal information,
  1316.  
  1317. 293
  1318. 00:22:47,949 --> 00:22:52,579
  1319. and we're taking it, and we're using it
  1320. in ways that they don't understand"?
  1321.  
  1322. 294
  1323. 00:22:53,288 --> 00:22:54,288
  1324. No.
  1325.  
  1326. 295
  1327. 00:22:56,375 --> 00:23:00,670
  1328. Throughout history, you have examples
  1329. of grossly unethical experiments.
  1330.  
  1331. 296
  1332. 00:23:01,129 --> 00:23:02,631
  1333. Is that what this was?
  1334.  
  1335. 297
  1336. 00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:07,636
  1337. I think that, yes,
  1338. it was a grossly unethical experiment.
  1339.  
  1340. 298
  1341. 00:23:08,970 --> 00:23:12,182
  1342. You are playing with the psychology
  1343. of an entire country
  1344.  
  1345. 299
  1346. 00:23:12,265 --> 00:23:14,434
  1347. without their consent or awareness.
  1348.  
  1349. 300
  1350. 00:23:15,769 --> 00:23:17,729
  1351. And not only are you, like,
  1352.  
  1353. 301
  1354. 00:23:17,813 --> 00:23:20,190
  1355. playing with the psychology
  1356. of an entire nation,
  1357.  
  1358. 302
  1359. 00:23:20,273 --> 00:23:22,377
  1360. you're playing with the psychology
  1361. of an entire nation
  1362.  
  1363. 303
  1364. 00:23:22,401 --> 00:23:24,111
  1365. in the context of the democratic process.
  1366.  
  1367. 304
  1368. 00:23:31,034 --> 00:23:33,578
  1369. The revelations have started to spill out.
  1370.  
  1371. 305
  1372. 00:23:34,663 --> 00:23:40,460
  1373. We're now not just threatening
  1374. to do things, but we're actually doing it.
  1375.  
  1376. 306
  1377. 00:23:42,671 --> 00:23:45,590
  1378. - Okay, we're ready, guys.
  1379. - One, two, three...
  1380.  
  1381. 307
  1382. 00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:48,093
  1383. We turn now to the burgeoning scandal
  1384.  
  1385. 308
  1386. 00:23:48,176 --> 00:23:51,054
  1387. around voter-profiling company
  1388. Cambridge Analytica.
  1389.  
  1390. 309
  1391. 00:23:51,388 --> 00:23:54,724
  1392. David Carroll filed a legal challenge
  1393. in Britain
  1394.  
  1395. 310
  1396. 00:23:54,808 --> 00:23:57,352
  1397. asking the court
  1398. to force Cambridge Analytica
  1399.  
  1400. 311
  1401. 00:23:57,436 --> 00:24:00,564
  1402. to turn over all the data it harvested
  1403. on him.
  1404.  
  1405. 312
  1406. 00:24:00,814 --> 00:24:02,816
  1407. Explain what you are demanding.
  1408.  
  1409. 313
  1410. 00:24:03,275 --> 00:24:05,402
  1411. Uh, full disclosure, so...
  1412.  
  1413. 314
  1414. 00:24:06,945 --> 00:24:08,780
  1415. where did they get our data,
  1416.  
  1417. 315
  1418. 00:24:08,864 --> 00:24:12,284
  1419. how did they process it,
  1420. who did they share it with,
  1421.  
  1422. 316
  1423. 00:24:12,576 --> 00:24:14,828
  1424. and do we have a right to opt out?
  1425.  
  1426. 317
  1427. 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:18,331
  1428. Cambridge Analytica says
  1429.  
  1430. 318
  1431. 00:24:18,415 --> 00:24:19,541
  1432. it's got 5,000 data points
  1433.  
  1434. 319
  1435. 00:24:19,624 --> 00:24:21,668
  1436. on many, many millions
  1437. of people out there.
  1438.  
  1439. 320
  1440. 00:24:21,751 --> 00:24:22,836
  1441. That's right.
  1442.  
  1443. 321
  1444. 00:24:22,919 --> 00:24:26,298
  1445. When people can actually see
  1446. the extent of the surveillance,
  1447.  
  1448. 322
  1449. 00:24:26,381 --> 00:24:28,633
  1450. I think they're going to be shocked.
  1451.  
  1452. 323
  1453. 00:24:30,218 --> 00:24:33,430
  1454. We don't work with Facebook data.
  1455. We don't have Facebook data.
  1456.  
  1457. 324
  1458. 00:24:33,513 --> 00:24:36,766
  1459. Uh, we do use Facebook
  1460. as a platform, uh, to advertise.
  1461.  
  1462. 325
  1463. 00:24:37,184 --> 00:24:38,351
  1464. Mr. Nix, <i>Channel 4 News.</i>
  1465.  
  1466. 326
  1467. 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,687
  1468. Did you mislead Parliament
  1469. over the Facebook issue?
  1470.  
  1471. 327
  1472. 00:24:40,770 --> 00:24:43,315
  1473. Absolutely not.
  1474.  
  1475. 328
  1476. 00:24:44,149 --> 00:24:47,736
  1477. It's crazy that I have to mount
  1478. a year-long,
  1479.  
  1480. 329
  1481. 00:24:47,819 --> 00:24:51,865
  1482. super risky legal challenge
  1483. in another country
  1484.  
  1485. 330
  1486. 00:24:51,990 --> 00:24:54,159
  1487. to get my voter profile.
  1488.  
  1489. 331
  1490. 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:57,537
  1491. David, don't stop, don't relent.
  1492.  
  1493. 332
  1494. 00:24:58,955 --> 00:25:00,957
  1495. - Keep going. Good.
  1496. - I'm gonna do it, don't worry.
  1497.  
  1498. 333
  1499. 00:25:01,041 --> 00:25:02,876
  1500. Don't sleep!
  1501.  
  1502. 334
  1503. 00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:08,423
  1504. Facebook's down 6.35%.
  1505.  
  1506. 335
  1507. 00:25:08,715 --> 00:25:10,717
  1508. That's 120 billion dollars.
  1509.  
  1510. 336
  1511. 00:25:11,092 --> 00:25:12,219
  1512. This is huge.
  1513.  
  1514. 337
  1515. 00:25:14,387 --> 00:25:17,265
  1516. <i>Officers working
  1517. for the UK Information Commissioner</i>
  1518.  
  1519. 338
  1520. 00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:20,727
  1521. <i>are searching the headquarters
  1522. of Cambridge Analytica, in London.</i>
  1523.  
  1524. 339
  1525. 00:25:20,810 --> 00:25:22,872
  1526. <i>They're inside,
  1527. they're looking at computers,</i>
  1528.  
  1529. 340
  1530. 00:25:22,896 --> 00:25:24,523
  1531. <i>they're looking for documents.</i>
  1532.  
  1533. 341
  1534. 00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:29,486
  1535. <i>Facebook knew about
  1536. that data collection over two years ago</i>
  1537.  
  1538. 342
  1539. 00:25:29,569 --> 00:25:32,572
  1540. <i>but did not go public
  1541. until three days ago.</i>
  1542.  
  1543. 343
  1544. 00:25:33,365 --> 00:25:34,407
  1545. Really, Facebook?
  1546.  
  1547. 344
  1548. 00:25:34,491 --> 00:25:36,326
  1549. You forgot to mention
  1550. that 50 million people
  1551.  
  1552. 345
  1553. 00:25:36,409 --> 00:25:37,595
  1554. had their private data breached,
  1555.  
  1556. 346
  1557. 00:25:37,619 --> 00:25:40,455
  1558. but every time it's my uncle's friend's
  1559. sister's dog's birthday,
  1560.  
  1561. 347
  1562. 00:25:40,539 --> 00:25:41,873
  1563. I get a notification?
  1564.  
  1565. 348
  1566. 00:25:48,129 --> 00:25:50,298
  1567. <i>You are taking on a giant,</i>
  1568.  
  1569. 349
  1570. 00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:52,425
  1571. <i>a Goliath of big data marketing.</i>
  1572.  
  1573. 350
  1574. 00:25:53,343 --> 00:25:55,262
  1575. <i>How hopeful are you of succeeding?</i>
  1576.  
  1577. 351
  1578. 00:26:02,018 --> 00:26:04,688
  1579. People don't want to admit
  1580. that propaganda works.
  1581.  
  1582. 352
  1583. 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,859
  1584. Because to admit it means confronting
  1585. our own susceptibilities,
  1586.  
  1587. 353
  1588. 00:26:10,193 --> 00:26:12,320
  1589. horrific lack of privacy,
  1590.  
  1591. 354
  1592. 00:26:12,612 --> 00:26:14,281
  1593. and hopeless dependency
  1594.  
  1595. 355
  1596. 00:26:14,364 --> 00:26:17,742
  1597. on tech platforms ruining our democracies
  1598.  
  1599. 356
  1600. 00:26:17,826 --> 00:26:19,619
  1601. on various attack surfaces.
  1602.  
  1603. 357
  1604. 00:26:20,370 --> 00:26:23,248
  1605. Join the struggle
  1606. to help get our data back.
  1607.  
  1608. 358
  1609. 00:26:37,345 --> 00:26:41,891
  1610. Welcome to our inquiry
  1611. into disinformation and fake news.
  1612.  
  1613. 359
  1614. 00:26:41,975 --> 00:26:45,520
  1615. I'd like to welcome Christopher Wylie
  1616. and Paul-Olivier Dehaye,
  1617.  
  1618. 360
  1619. 00:26:45,604 --> 00:26:48,231
  1620. uh, to the committee
  1621. to give evidence this morning.
  1622.  
  1623. 361
  1624. 00:26:49,190 --> 00:26:51,276
  1625. Have you or anybody else made
  1626. any assessment
  1627.  
  1628. 362
  1629. 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,296
  1630. of actually whether any of this
  1631. made much difference
  1632.  
  1633. 363
  1634. 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,364
  1635. to the final outcome of the EU Referendum?
  1636.  
  1637. 364
  1638. 00:26:59,618 --> 00:27:03,580
  1639. When... When you're caught
  1640. in the Olympics doping, right,
  1641.  
  1642. 365
  1643. 00:27:03,788 --> 00:27:08,668
  1644. there's not a debate about how much
  1645. illegal drug you took. Right?
  1646.  
  1647. 366
  1648. 00:27:08,752 --> 00:27:10,045
  1649. Or, "Well,
  1650.  
  1651. 367
  1652. 00:27:10,128 --> 00:27:11,808
  1653. he probably would've come in first
  1654. anyway,"
  1655.  
  1656. 368
  1657. 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,758
  1658. or, you know,
  1659. "He only took half of the amount," or...
  1660.  
  1661. 369
  1662. 00:27:14,841 --> 00:27:17,719
  1663. Doesn't matter. If you're caught cheating,
  1664. you lose your medal. Right?
  1665.  
  1666. 370
  1667. 00:27:17,802 --> 00:27:18,928
  1668. Because...
  1669.  
  1670. 371
  1671. 00:27:19,304 --> 00:27:23,308
  1672. ...if we allow cheating
  1673. in our democratic process,
  1674.  
  1675. 372
  1676. 00:27:23,683 --> 00:27:24,600
  1677. what about next time?
  1678.  
  1679. 373
  1680. 00:27:24,601 --> 00:27:28,146
  1681. What about the time after that?
  1682. Right? You shouldn't win by cheating.
  1683.  
  1684. 374
  1685. 00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:33,026
  1686. A lot of people will say,
  1687. and I'll say, um,
  1688.  
  1689. 375
  1690. 00:27:33,735 --> 00:27:36,464
  1691. that given that you're someone
  1692. who worked very closely with these people,
  1693.  
  1694. 376
  1695. 00:27:36,488 --> 00:27:37,656
  1696. uh, for a period of time,
  1697.  
  1698. 377
  1699. 00:27:37,739 --> 00:27:40,325
  1700. why have you decided to speak out
  1701. against it
  1702.  
  1703. 378
  1704. 00:27:40,408 --> 00:27:42,928
  1705. and give evidence against people
  1706. who used to be your colleagues?
  1707.  
  1708. 379
  1709. 00:27:43,286 --> 00:27:46,623
  1710. It's a process of coming to terms
  1711. with what you've created
  1712.  
  1713. 380
  1714. 00:27:46,706 --> 00:27:49,751
  1715. and the impact
  1716. that that... that... that has had.
  1717.  
  1718. 381
  1719. 00:27:49,834 --> 00:27:53,963
  1720. Um, I am incredibly remorseful
  1721. for my... my role in setting it up.
  1722.  
  1723. 382
  1724. 00:27:54,214 --> 00:27:59,094
  1725. But there's been a lot of attention on me
  1726. because I'm sort of... I've become the...
  1727.  
  1728. 383
  1729. 00:27:59,427 --> 00:28:02,347
  1730. uh, you know, the face of it,
  1731. because I'm the one that's...
  1732.  
  1733. 384
  1734. 00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:04,557
  1735. come forward and put my name to it.
  1736.  
  1737. 385
  1738. 00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:06,363
  1739. But someone else
  1740. that you should be calling
  1741.  
  1742. 386
  1743. 00:28:06,434 --> 00:28:07,894
  1744. to the committee is Brittany Kaiser.
  1745.  
  1746. 387
  1747. 00:28:08,478 --> 00:28:09,813
  1748. Who's Brittany Kaiser?
  1749.  
  1750. 388
  1751. 00:28:27,789 --> 00:28:32,085
  1752. I'm not that interested in standing up
  1753. for powerful white men anymore
  1754.  
  1755. 389
  1756. 00:28:32,168 --> 00:28:35,505
  1757. who obviously don't have
  1758. everybody's best interests at heart.
  1759.  
  1760. 390
  1761. 00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:41,469
  1762. <i>Brittany Kaiser,
  1763. once a key player</i>
  1764.  
  1765. 391
  1766. 00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:43,513
  1767. <i>inside Cambridge Analytica,</i>
  1768.  
  1769. 392
  1770. 00:28:43,596 --> 00:28:45,765
  1771. <i>casting herself as a whistle-blower.</i>
  1772.  
  1773. 393
  1774. 00:28:46,433 --> 00:28:49,269
  1775. <i>Until three weeks ago,
  1776. Brittany Kaiser, a top exec there,</i>
  1777.  
  1778. 394
  1779. 00:28:49,352 --> 00:28:52,981
  1780. <i>she had a key to Steve Bannon's townhouse
  1781. in Washington.</i>
  1782.  
  1783. 395
  1784. 00:28:53,064 --> 00:28:56,151
  1785. <i>She spoke at CPAC in 2016,
  1786. along with Kellyanne Conway,</i>
  1787.  
  1788. 396
  1789. 00:28:56,234 --> 00:28:58,653
  1790. <i>spent election night
  1791. at the Trump victory party</i>
  1792.  
  1793. 397
  1794. 00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:01,364
  1795. <i>with mega-donor Rebekah Mercer.</i>
  1796.  
  1797. 398
  1798. 00:29:02,532 --> 00:29:04,743
  1799. <i>Miss Kaiser was also closely involved</i>
  1800.  
  1801. 399
  1802. 00:29:04,826 --> 00:29:07,537
  1803. <i>with millionaire Brexit supporter
  1804. Arron Banks</i>
  1805.  
  1806. 400
  1807. 00:29:07,620 --> 00:29:09,706
  1808. <i>and his Leave. EU campaign.</i>
  1809.  
  1810. 401
  1811. 00:29:18,173 --> 00:29:20,067
  1812. <i>She's raising some interesting things.</i>
  1813.  
  1814. 402
  1815. 00:29:20,091 --> 00:29:21,444
  1816. <i>Why is she talking now, do you think?</i>
  1817.  
  1818. 403
  1819. 00:29:21,468 --> 00:29:23,470
  1820. <i>Well, she only gave us
  1821. part of the picture.</i>
  1822.  
  1823. 404
  1824. 00:29:23,553 --> 00:29:27,056
  1825. <i>She's talking to investigators,
  1826. and so we'll know the full picture</i>
  1827.  
  1828. 405
  1829. 00:29:27,140 --> 00:29:28,475
  1830. <i>at some point later...</i>
  1831.  
  1832. 406
  1833. 00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:53,666
  1834. I have evidence
  1835.  
  1836. 407
  1837. 00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:58,171
  1838. that the Brexit campaigns
  1839. and the Trump campaign
  1840.  
  1841. 408
  1842. 00:29:58,254 --> 00:30:00,423
  1843. could've been conducted illegally.
  1844.  
  1845. 409
  1846. 00:30:03,343 --> 00:30:07,514
  1847. And so, for my own safety,
  1848. I don't need geolocation of where this is.
  1849.  
  1850. 410
  1851. 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:09,474
  1852. Just me sitting here...
  1853.  
  1854. 411
  1855. 00:30:11,434 --> 00:30:13,937
  1856. the person trying to overthrow
  1857. two administrations
  1858.  
  1859. 412
  1860. 00:30:14,020 --> 00:30:16,856
  1861. and all of the most powerful companies
  1862. in the world,
  1863.  
  1864. 413
  1865. 00:30:16,940 --> 00:30:18,858
  1866. all at once.
  1867.  
  1868. 414
  1869. 00:30:20,610 --> 00:30:25,240
  1870. With one disjointed
  1871. but hopefully-soon-seamless narrative.
  1872.  
  1873. 415
  1874. 00:30:27,784 --> 00:30:31,204
  1875. The wealthiest companies
  1876. are technology companies.
  1877.  
  1878. 416
  1879. 00:30:31,913 --> 00:30:34,999
  1880. Google, Facebook, Amazon, Tesla.
  1881.  
  1882. 417
  1883. 00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:37,710
  1884. And the reason why these companies
  1885.  
  1886. 418
  1887. 00:30:37,794 --> 00:30:40,547
  1888. are the most powerful companies
  1889. in the world
  1890.  
  1891. 419
  1892. 00:30:40,630 --> 00:30:45,343
  1893. is because, last year, data surpassed oil
  1894. in its value.
  1895.  
  1896. 420
  1897. 00:30:45,802 --> 00:30:48,388
  1898. Data is the most valuable asset on Earth.
  1899.  
  1900. 421
  1901. 00:30:49,430 --> 00:30:52,517
  1902. And these companies are valuable
  1903.  
  1904. 422
  1905. 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:56,271
  1906. because they have been exploiting
  1907. people's assets.
  1908.  
  1909. 423
  1910. 00:30:57,939 --> 00:31:00,817
  1911. It wasn't until one of my friends
  1912. reached out to me
  1913.  
  1914. 424
  1915. 00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:03,945
  1916. to ask was I going to be all right
  1917.  
  1918. 425
  1919. 00:31:04,028 --> 00:31:07,740
  1920. with the way that my story would be seen
  1921. in history.
  1922.  
  1923. 426
  1924. 00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:11,452
  1925. And I thought, "No.
  1926.  
  1927. 427
  1928. 00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:14,414
  1929. I'm not okay, actually."
  1930.  
  1931. 428
  1932. 00:31:14,497 --> 00:31:18,042
  1933. And there's probably a lot of information
  1934. that I could give
  1935.  
  1936. 429
  1937. 00:31:18,126 --> 00:31:22,171
  1938. that would be helpful
  1939. to making things okay, possibly.
  1940.  
  1941. 430
  1942. 00:31:42,859 --> 00:31:44,611
  1943. I'm a political technologist
  1944.  
  1945. 431
  1946. 00:31:44,694 --> 00:31:47,989
  1947. who tries to shine a big light
  1948.  
  1949. 432
  1950. 00:31:48,072 --> 00:31:50,408
  1951. on how data's been used and abused.
  1952.  
  1953. 433
  1954. 00:31:52,535 --> 00:31:55,038
  1955. It's a moment where people have
  1956. that visceral sense.
  1957.  
  1958. 434
  1959. 00:31:55,121 --> 00:31:56,748
  1960. There is, you know,
  1961.  
  1962. 435
  1963. 00:31:57,332 --> 00:31:59,918
  1964. that there's something wrong here,
  1965. uh, that we need to fix.
  1966.  
  1967. 436
  1968. 00:32:00,919 --> 00:32:05,506
  1969. And so, I've dropped
  1970. pretty much everything I was doing
  1971.  
  1972. 437
  1973. 00:32:05,590 --> 00:32:07,967
  1974. to work on this with Brittany Kaiser.
  1975.  
  1976. 438
  1977. 00:32:10,345 --> 00:32:13,306
  1978. I went and found her and met her,
  1979.  
  1980. 439
  1981. 00:32:13,389 --> 00:32:15,642
  1982. and she was very forthcoming
  1983.  
  1984. 440
  1985. 00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:20,063
  1986. in a way which made me think,
  1987. "There's a lot here."
  1988.  
  1989. 441
  1990. 00:32:26,861 --> 00:32:30,657
  1991. What we really need to be understanding
  1992. is people's levers of persuasion.
  1993.  
  1994. 442
  1995. 00:32:30,740 --> 00:32:34,118
  1996. How are we actually going to message
  1997. voters so that they can under...
  1998.  
  1999. 443
  2000. 00:32:34,202 --> 00:32:37,497
  2001. <i>Tina and I met with Brittany Kaiser.</i>
  2002.  
  2003. 444
  2004. 00:32:37,580 --> 00:32:40,249
  2005. <i>We look very unlike
  2006. any other political</i>
  2007.  
  2008. 445
  2009. 00:32:40,333 --> 00:32:42,001
  2010. <i>and communications firm, so...</i>
  2011.  
  2012. 446
  2013. 00:32:42,085 --> 00:32:44,045
  2014. <i>Do you work both sides of the aisle?</i>
  2015.  
  2016. 447
  2017. 00:32:44,128 --> 00:32:46,523
  2018. <i>Uh, no, we only work for the Republicans
  2019. in the United States.</i>
  2020.  
  2021. 448
  2022. 00:32:46,547 --> 00:32:47,547
  2023. <i>Okay.</i>
  2024.  
  2025. 449
  2026. 00:32:48,341 --> 00:32:49,676
  2027. <i>And in Britain?</i>
  2028.  
  2029. 450
  2030. 00:32:49,842 --> 00:32:53,304
  2031. <i>Well, actually, right now
  2032. we're working on the Brexit campaign.</i>
  2033.  
  2034. 451
  2035. 00:32:54,555 --> 00:32:57,767
  2036. At Leave. EU, we're going
  2037. to be running a large-scale research
  2038.  
  2039. 452
  2040. 00:32:57,850 --> 00:33:00,103
  2041. throughout the nation to really understand
  2042.  
  2043. 453
  2044. 00:33:00,186 --> 00:33:03,481
  2045. why people are interested in staying in
  2046. or out of the EU.
  2047.  
  2048. 454
  2049. 00:33:03,564 --> 00:33:07,652
  2050. And the answers to that will help inform
  2051. our policy and our communications,
  2052.  
  2053. 455
  2054. 00:33:07,735 --> 00:33:10,321
  2055. to make sure that we turn out
  2056. more first-time voters,
  2057.  
  2058. 456
  2059. 00:33:10,405 --> 00:33:14,200
  2060. more unregistered voters,
  2061. more apathetic voters than ever before.
  2062.  
  2063. 457
  2064. 00:33:31,009 --> 00:33:33,928
  2065. I think we now have
  2066. the foundations laid for...
  2067.  
  2068. 458
  2069. 00:33:34,554 --> 00:33:38,057
  2070. her to share what is
  2071. some reasonably explosive materials
  2072.  
  2073. 459
  2074. 00:33:38,224 --> 00:33:39,642
  2075. that we've been finding.
  2076.  
  2077. 460
  2078. 00:33:40,226 --> 00:33:46,024
  2079. Uh, and, uh...
  2080. her inbox and her hard drive,
  2081.  
  2082. 461
  2083. 00:33:46,733 --> 00:33:50,945
  2084. uh, really are a treasure trove
  2085. of... uh, sketchy information.
  2086.  
  2087. 462
  2088. 00:33:53,906 --> 00:33:56,075
  2089. And we're still
  2090. just scratching the surface.
  2091.  
  2092. 463
  2093. 00:34:21,768 --> 00:34:24,520
  2094. Tell us about the first meeting
  2095. you had in Trump Tower.
  2096.  
  2097. 464
  2098. 00:34:24,812 --> 00:34:27,065
  2099. In November 2015,
  2100.  
  2101. 465
  2102. 00:34:27,148 --> 00:34:32,153
  2103. I went with Alexander Nix
  2104. to go see Corey Lewandowski,
  2105.  
  2106. 466
  2107. 00:34:32,236 --> 00:34:34,238
  2108. who was the campaign manager at the time.
  2109.  
  2110. 467
  2111. 00:34:34,489 --> 00:34:38,951
  2112. And I asked Corey, why could this place
  2113. possibly look so familiar?
  2114.  
  2115. 468
  2116. 00:34:39,118 --> 00:34:42,413
  2117. And he said,
  2118. "This is the set of <i>The Apprentice.</i>
  2119.  
  2120. 469
  2121. 00:34:42,789 --> 00:34:45,041
  2122. That's probably why you recognize it."
  2123. And...
  2124.  
  2125. 470
  2126. 00:34:45,541 --> 00:34:47,376
  2127. I was kind of shocked, you know?
  2128.  
  2129. 471
  2130. 00:34:48,127 --> 00:34:52,048
  2131. The Trump campaign HQ is a reality TV set.
  2132.  
  2133. 472
  2134. 00:34:52,131 --> 00:34:53,883
  2135. Yes. It is.
  2136.  
  2137. 473
  2138. 00:34:57,762 --> 00:35:00,765
  2139. And the idea of a company...
  2140.  
  2141. 474
  2142. 00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:04,143
  2143. conducting large-scale analysis
  2144. of a population...
  2145.  
  2146. 475
  2147. 00:35:04,227 --> 00:35:05,227
  2148. Mm-hmm.
  2149.  
  2150. 476
  2151. 00:35:05,269 --> 00:35:08,564
  2152. ...and then identifying the triggers
  2153. that people have
  2154.  
  2155. 477
  2156. 00:35:08,648 --> 00:35:12,068
  2157. in terms of what's gonna move them
  2158. from one state to another state,
  2159.  
  2160. 478
  2161. 00:35:12,151 --> 00:35:15,113
  2162. that feels very challenging
  2163.  
  2164. 479
  2165. 00:35:15,196 --> 00:35:18,324
  2166. to the individual's sense of autonomy
  2167. and freedom...
  2168.  
  2169. 480
  2170. 00:35:18,407 --> 00:35:19,492
  2171. - Mm-hmm.
  2172. - ...uh...
  2173.  
  2174. 481
  2175. 00:35:19,575 --> 00:35:22,203
  2176. and to the idea of democracy.
  2177.  
  2178. 482
  2179. 00:35:22,662 --> 00:35:23,704
  2180. Doesn't it?
  2181.  
  2182. 483
  2183. 00:35:24,455 --> 00:35:28,000
  2184. I don't know. Um...
  2185. I would challenge that.
  2186.  
  2187. 484
  2188. 00:35:28,668 --> 00:35:31,420
  2189. What this strategy is mostly meant to do
  2190.  
  2191. 485
  2192. 00:35:31,504 --> 00:35:34,590
  2193. is to identify people
  2194. who are still considering
  2195.  
  2196. 486
  2197. 00:35:34,674 --> 00:35:36,384
  2198. - many different options...
  2199. - Yes.
  2200.  
  2201. 487
  2202. 00:35:36,467 --> 00:35:41,264
  2203. ...and educate them
  2204. on some of the options that are out there,
  2205.  
  2206. 488
  2207. 00:35:41,347 --> 00:35:42,765
  2208. and if they're on the fence,
  2209.  
  2210. 489
  2211. 00:35:42,849 --> 00:35:45,893
  2212. then they can be persuaded
  2213. to go one way or the other.
  2214.  
  2215. 490
  2216. 00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:48,855
  2217. - Yes, they can.
  2218. - Uh, again, that is their own choice.
  2219.  
  2220. 491
  2221. 00:35:48,938 --> 00:35:50,398
  2222. - But a lot of the times...
  2223. - Is it?
  2224.  
  2225. 492
  2226. 00:35:50,481 --> 00:35:53,201
  2227. - ...these are individuals that...
  2228. - Is it their own choice?
  2229.  
  2230. 493
  2231. 00:35:54,569 --> 00:35:56,689
  2232. In the end, they're the ones
  2233. that go to the ballot box
  2234.  
  2235. 494
  2236. 00:35:56,737 --> 00:35:58,990
  2237. - and make their ch... decision.
  2238. - Yeah.
  2239.  
  2240. 495
  2241. 00:35:59,365 --> 00:36:02,368
  2242. I mean, I'm asking you these questions
  2243. as Brittany Kaiser.
  2244.  
  2245. 496
  2246. 00:36:02,451 --> 00:36:03,536
  2247. - I know.
  2248. - Right?
  2249.  
  2250. 497
  2251. 00:36:03,619 --> 00:36:07,248
  2252. I'm not asking you these questions
  2253. as Cambridge Analytica or SCL,
  2254.  
  2255. 498
  2256. 00:36:07,331 --> 00:36:10,334
  2257. because that's not
  2258. who you are anymore. Right?
  2259.  
  2260. 499
  2261. 00:36:10,626 --> 00:36:12,545
  2262. I get it. I get it. But...
  2263.  
  2264. 500
  2265. 00:36:12,628 --> 00:36:14,748
  2266. And do you think Cambridge Analytica
  2267.  
  2268. 501
  2269. 00:36:14,797 --> 00:36:17,925
  2270. was ever involved in the contravention
  2271. of people's human rights?
  2272.  
  2273. 502
  2274. 00:36:18,009 --> 00:36:19,010
  2275. No.
  2276.  
  2277. 503
  2278. 00:36:20,636 --> 00:36:25,766
  2279. But, again, I start to question
  2280. a lot of things the more I hear.
  2281.  
  2282. 504
  2283. 00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:26,800
  2284. Yeah.
  2285.  
  2286. 505
  2287. 00:36:26,809 --> 00:36:29,770
  2288. I mean,
  2289. I had spent my entire career before that
  2290.  
  2291. 506
  2292. 00:36:29,854 --> 00:36:31,939
  2293. working for human rights.
  2294.  
  2295. 507
  2296. 00:36:33,900 --> 00:36:34,900
  2297. Okay.
  2298.  
  2299. 508
  2300. 00:36:35,318 --> 00:36:37,111
  2301. Let's go back to that.
  2302.  
  2303. 509
  2304. 00:36:38,196 --> 00:36:41,407
  2305. It wasn't that long ago. Just a decade.
  2306.  
  2307. 510
  2308. 00:36:43,159 --> 00:36:45,077
  2309. - It wasn't that long ago.
  2310. - Yeah.
  2311.  
  2312. 511
  2313. 00:36:50,541 --> 00:36:54,170
  2314. <i>I had worked in elections
  2315. since I was 14 or 15.</i>
  2316.  
  2317. 512
  2318. 00:36:55,922 --> 00:36:59,842
  2319. <i>I told my cousin I applied
  2320. to intern on the Obama campaign.</i>
  2321.  
  2322. 513
  2323. 00:37:00,092 --> 00:37:01,302
  2324. <i>She was like, "Oh, my God.</i>
  2325.  
  2326. 514
  2327. 00:37:01,385 --> 00:37:03,721
  2328. <i>You better get that internship,
  2329. or I'll die."</i>
  2330.  
  2331. 515
  2332. 00:37:05,014 --> 00:37:07,767
  2333. <i>I was part of the team
  2334. running Obama's Facebook.</i>
  2335.  
  2336. 516
  2337. 00:37:09,310 --> 00:37:14,065
  2338. <i>We invented the way social media is used
  2339. to communicate with voters.</i>
  2340.  
  2341. 517
  2342. 00:37:19,820 --> 00:37:22,990
  2343. <i>I then spent several years
  2344. working on human rights</i>
  2345.  
  2346. 518
  2347. 00:37:23,074 --> 00:37:24,742
  2348. <i>and international relations,</i>
  2349.  
  2350. 519
  2351. 00:37:25,576 --> 00:37:27,328
  2352. <i>first for Amnesty International,</i>
  2353.  
  2354. 520
  2355. 00:37:27,411 --> 00:37:31,123
  2356. <i>then lobbying at the United Nations
  2357. and European Parliament.</i>
  2358.  
  2359. 521
  2360. 00:37:34,710 --> 00:37:38,214
  2361. <i>And I used to always say
  2362. I love human rights campaigning,</i>
  2363.  
  2364. 522
  2365. 00:37:38,923 --> 00:37:41,968
  2366. <i>but sometimes I feel like
  2367. I'm banging my head against a brick wall</i>
  2368.  
  2369. 523
  2370. 00:37:42,051 --> 00:37:44,387
  2371. <i>because I can't see the results
  2372. of what I'm doing.</i>
  2373.  
  2374. 524
  2375. 00:37:44,470 --> 00:37:46,889
  2376. <i>I don't know
  2377. if I'm literally just wasting my time.</i>
  2378.  
  2379. 525
  2380. 00:37:49,433 --> 00:37:52,144
  2381. <i>And that's where I was
  2382. when I met Alexander Nix.</i>
  2383.  
  2384. 526
  2385. 00:37:56,607 --> 00:37:59,487
  2386. <i>Friends of ours thought
  2387. it would be a good joke to introduce us.</i>
  2388.  
  2389. 527
  2390. 00:38:00,486 --> 00:38:04,240
  2391. <i>He was very interested in learning more
  2392. about my experience with the Democrats.</i>
  2393.  
  2394. 528
  2395. 00:38:04,573 --> 00:38:06,367
  2396. <i>He gave me his card and said,</i>
  2397.  
  2398. 529
  2399. 00:38:06,450 --> 00:38:09,161
  2400. <i>"Let me get you drunk
  2401. and steal your secrets."</i>
  2402.  
  2403. 530
  2404. 00:38:12,248 --> 00:38:16,294
  2405. <i>And in December 2014,
  2406. he offered me a job.</i>
  2407.  
  2408. 531
  2409. 00:38:21,215 --> 00:38:24,927
  2410. <i>Coming across a company
  2411. where you could actually see your impact</i>
  2412.  
  2413. 532
  2414. 00:38:25,011 --> 00:38:27,346
  2415. <i>was really exciting for me.</i>
  2416.  
  2417. 533
  2418. 00:38:33,894 --> 00:38:36,564
  2419. <i>I got a little more conservative or posh</i>
  2420.  
  2421. 534
  2422. 00:38:36,647 --> 00:38:41,110
  2423. <i>in terms of the way that I dressed
  2424. and the way that I spoke,</i>
  2425.  
  2426. 535
  2427. 00:38:41,944 --> 00:38:46,532
  2428. <i>and doing things
  2429. like going on shooting at the weekends</i>
  2430.  
  2431. 536
  2432. 00:38:46,615 --> 00:38:47,992
  2433. <i>and stuff like that.</i>
  2434.  
  2435. 537
  2436. 00:38:48,409 --> 00:38:52,538
  2437. <i>It's just very different to what
  2438. I would normally spend my time doing.</i>
  2439.  
  2440. 538
  2441. 00:38:59,962 --> 00:39:01,881
  2442. Must've been a hell of an adventure.
  2443.  
  2444. 539
  2445. 00:39:02,214 --> 00:39:05,343
  2446. It was really interesting.
  2447. I strapped on my cowboy boots,
  2448.  
  2449. 540
  2450. 00:39:05,426 --> 00:39:08,554
  2451. got into character,
  2452. got my NRA membership.
  2453.  
  2454. 541
  2455. 00:39:08,721 --> 00:39:11,140
  2456. - Yeah, you joined the NRA, right?
  2457. - I did, yeah.
  2458.  
  2459. 542
  2460. 00:39:11,223 --> 00:39:13,059
  2461. Just to understand
  2462. how these people think,
  2463.  
  2464. 543
  2465. 00:39:13,142 --> 00:39:14,142
  2466. - like...
  2467. - Uh-huh.
  2468.  
  2469. 544
  2470. 00:39:14,268 --> 00:39:15,686
  2471. I don't want to use guns.
  2472.  
  2473. 545
  2474. 00:39:15,770 --> 00:39:18,356
  2475. - I'm not really interested in guns at all.
  2476. - Yeah.
  2477.  
  2478. 546
  2479. 00:39:18,439 --> 00:39:20,316
  2480. I felt like I was getting to know...
  2481.  
  2482. 547
  2483. 00:39:21,233 --> 00:39:24,236
  2484. people that I used to disagree with a lot,
  2485.  
  2486. 548
  2487. 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:27,281
  2488. like my grandparents, my aunts,
  2489. uncles, cousins.
  2490.  
  2491. 549
  2492. 00:39:28,532 --> 00:39:32,620
  2493. So this wasn't just an outfit
  2494. that you put on, and it felt important?
  2495.  
  2496. 550
  2497. 00:39:32,870 --> 00:39:35,498
  2498. It was important. It is important.
  2499.  
  2500. 551
  2501. 00:39:35,581 --> 00:39:37,833
  2502. - Yeah.
  2503. - I feel like the main problem
  2504.  
  2505. 552
  2506. 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,210
  2507. in US politics
  2508.  
  2509. 553
  2510. 00:39:39,293 --> 00:39:43,130
  2511. is that people are so polarized
  2512. that they can't understand each other,
  2513.  
  2514. 554
  2515. 00:39:43,214 --> 00:39:46,092
  2516. and therefore they can't work together,
  2517. and therefore nothing gets done.
  2518.  
  2519. 555
  2520. 00:39:59,647 --> 00:40:03,651
  2521. I am about to draft some questions
  2522. for a senator
  2523.  
  2524. 556
  2525. 00:40:03,734 --> 00:40:07,029
  2526. who will be able to ask them
  2527. to Mark Zuckerberg
  2528.  
  2529. 557
  2530. 00:40:07,113 --> 00:40:10,950
  2531. in the Senate Judiciary hearing
  2532. on Tuesday.
  2533.  
  2534. 558
  2535. 00:40:11,283 --> 00:40:14,829
  2536. "How much of Facebook's revenue
  2537.  
  2538. 559
  2539. 00:40:15,996 --> 00:40:19,375
  2540. comes directly from the monetization
  2541.  
  2542. 560
  2543. 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,045
  2544. of users' personal data?"
  2545.  
  2546. 561
  2547. 00:40:24,713 --> 00:40:26,590
  2548. All of it!
  2549.  
  2550. 562
  2551. 00:40:27,967 --> 00:40:29,552
  2552. Exactly.
  2553.  
  2554. 563
  2555. 00:40:30,386 --> 00:40:33,013
  2556. The reality is that Facebook knows more
  2557. about this
  2558.  
  2559. 564
  2560. 00:40:33,097 --> 00:40:34,974
  2561. than pretty much anyone in the world
  2562.  
  2563. 565
  2564. 00:40:35,057 --> 00:40:39,937
  2565. because Facebook is the best platform
  2566. on which to run experiments.
  2567.  
  2568. 566
  2569. 00:40:40,020 --> 00:40:41,939
  2570. Yeah, it is. Um, it...
  2571.  
  2572. 567
  2573. 00:40:42,022 --> 00:40:44,525
  2574. And it actually always gets you
  2575. the best engagement rates.
  2576.  
  2577. 568
  2578. 00:40:44,608 --> 00:40:46,735
  2579. We always spend the majority
  2580. amount of money
  2581.  
  2582. 569
  2583. 00:40:46,819 --> 00:40:49,613
  2584. on any commercial
  2585. or political campaign in Facebook.
  2586.  
  2587. 570
  2588. 00:40:50,156 --> 00:40:51,866
  2589. Always gets the majority of the ad budget.
  2590.  
  2591. 571
  2592. 00:40:51,949 --> 00:40:53,617
  2593. - It does, it does.
  2594. - Yep.
  2595.  
  2596. 572
  2597. 00:40:55,411 --> 00:40:58,956
  2598. There is at least the possibility
  2599. that the American public
  2600.  
  2601. 573
  2602. 00:40:59,039 --> 00:41:01,876
  2603. and publics in other countries
  2604. have been experimented on.
  2605.  
  2606. 574
  2607. 00:41:07,423 --> 00:41:09,484
  2608. <i>Remember those Facebook quizzes
  2609. that we used</i>
  2610.  
  2611. 575
  2612. 00:41:09,508 --> 00:41:12,678
  2613. <i>to form personality models
  2614. for all voters in the US?</i>
  2615.  
  2616. 576
  2617. 00:41:15,556 --> 00:41:19,351
  2618. <i>The truth is, we didn't target
  2619. every American voter equally.</i>
  2620.  
  2621. 577
  2622. 00:41:20,519 --> 00:41:22,396
  2623. <i>The bulk of our resources</i>
  2624.  
  2625. 578
  2626. 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:26,108
  2627. <i>went into targeting those
  2628. whose minds we thought we could change.</i>
  2629.  
  2630. 579
  2631. 00:41:26,901 --> 00:41:29,028
  2632. <i>We called them "the persuadables."</i>
  2633.  
  2634. 580
  2635. 00:41:31,238 --> 00:41:32,907
  2636. <i>They're everywhere in the country,</i>
  2637.  
  2638. 581
  2639. 00:41:32,990 --> 00:41:36,619
  2640. <i>but the persuadables that mattered
  2641. were the ones in swing states</i>
  2642.  
  2643. 582
  2644. 00:41:36,702 --> 00:41:40,873
  2645. <i>like Michigan, Wisconsin,
  2646. Pennsylvania, and Florida.</i>
  2647.  
  2648. 583
  2649. 00:41:44,001 --> 00:41:47,922
  2650. <i>Now, each of these states were broken down
  2651. by precinct.</i>
  2652.  
  2653. 584
  2654. 00:41:49,215 --> 00:41:53,093
  2655. <i>So, you can say
  2656. there are 22,000 persuadable voters</i>
  2657.  
  2658. 585
  2659. 00:41:53,302 --> 00:41:54,845
  2660. <i>in this precinct,</i>
  2661.  
  2662. 586
  2663. 00:41:55,971 --> 00:41:59,725
  2664. <i>and if we target enough persuadable people
  2665. in the right precincts,</i>
  2666.  
  2667. 587
  2668. 00:41:59,850 --> 00:42:03,479
  2669. <i>then those states would turn red
  2670. instead of blue.</i>
  2671.  
  2672. 588
  2673. 00:42:04,980 --> 00:42:07,942
  2674. <i>Our creative team designed
  2675. personalized content</i>
  2676.  
  2677. 589
  2678. 00:42:08,025 --> 00:42:09,693
  2679. <i>to trigger those individuals.</i>
  2680.  
  2681. 590
  2682. 00:42:09,777 --> 00:42:12,029
  2683. <i>Terrorists love porous borders.</i>
  2684.  
  2685. 591
  2686. 00:42:12,112 --> 00:42:15,324
  2687. <i>Widespread gaps
  2688. in border security allow terrorists...</i>
  2689.  
  2690. 592
  2691. 00:42:15,407 --> 00:42:19,745
  2692. <i>We bombarded them through blogs,
  2693. websites, articles, videos, ads,</i>
  2694.  
  2695. 593
  2696. 00:42:19,828 --> 00:42:21,664
  2697. <i>every platform you can imagine.</i>
  2698.  
  2699. 594
  2700. 00:42:22,122 --> 00:42:24,959
  2701. <i>Until they saw the world
  2702. the way we wanted them to.</i>
  2703.  
  2704. 595
  2705. 00:42:29,296 --> 00:42:31,590
  2706. <i>Until they voted
  2707. for our candidate.</i>
  2708.  
  2709. 596
  2710. 00:42:33,384 --> 00:42:35,010
  2711. <i>It's like a boomerang.</i>
  2712.  
  2713. 597
  2714. 00:42:35,553 --> 00:42:37,137
  2715. <i>You send your data out,</i>
  2716.  
  2717. 598
  2718. 00:42:38,138 --> 00:42:39,807
  2719. <i>it gets analyzed,</i>
  2720.  
  2721. 599
  2722. 00:42:40,224 --> 00:42:43,727
  2723. <i>and it comes back at you
  2724. as targeted messaging</i>
  2725.  
  2726. 600
  2727. 00:42:44,311 --> 00:42:46,146
  2728. <i>to change your behavior.</i>
  2729.  
  2730. 601
  2731. 00:43:02,454 --> 00:43:05,374
  2732. DCMS Committee announced
  2733. the future witnesses
  2734.  
  2735. 602
  2736. 00:43:05,457 --> 00:43:07,209
  2737. - for a fake news inquiry.
  2738. - Yes.
  2739.  
  2740. 603
  2741. 00:43:07,668 --> 00:43:09,712
  2742. - There you are. You're...
  2743. - Me.
  2744.  
  2745. 604
  2746. 00:43:09,795 --> 00:43:13,090
  2747. - You're the day before Alexander.
  2748. - The former CEO.
  2749.  
  2750. 605
  2751. 00:43:13,966 --> 00:43:15,634
  2752. He's going the day after me.
  2753.  
  2754. 606
  2755. 00:43:16,844 --> 00:43:19,847
  2756. Yes. Is it... Is it all feeling a bit real?
  2757.  
  2758. 607
  2759. 00:43:19,930 --> 00:43:21,557
  2760. It's really intense.
  2761.  
  2762. 608
  2763. 00:43:22,266 --> 00:43:23,642
  2764. It's real.
  2765.  
  2766. 609
  2767. 00:43:23,976 --> 00:43:26,437
  2768. And it's big.
  2769.  
  2770. 610
  2771. 00:43:39,533 --> 00:43:42,578
  2772. <i>The first time
  2773. I wrote about Cambridge Analytica,</i>
  2774.  
  2775. 611
  2776. 00:43:43,037 --> 00:43:45,497
  2777. <i>it was December 2016.</i>
  2778.  
  2779. 612
  2780. 00:43:47,291 --> 00:43:49,501
  2781. <i>I said that they'd worked
  2782. for the Trump campaign</i>
  2783.  
  2784. 613
  2785. 00:43:49,585 --> 00:43:51,587
  2786. <i>and for the Brexit campaign.</i>
  2787.  
  2788. 614
  2789. 00:43:54,465 --> 00:43:56,305
  2790. <i>And I started getting letters
  2791. from them saying,</i>
  2792.  
  2793. 615
  2794. 00:43:56,383 --> 00:43:58,218
  2795. <i>"We never worked for the Leave campaign."</i>
  2796.  
  2797. 616
  2798. 00:44:02,097 --> 00:44:04,725
  2799. <i>And this was baffling
  2800. because on Leave. EU's website,</i>
  2801.  
  2802. 617
  2803. 00:44:04,808 --> 00:44:07,019
  2804. <i>it said, "We hired Cambridge Analytica."</i>
  2805.  
  2806. 618
  2807. 00:44:08,896 --> 00:44:11,482
  2808. <i>There were statements from Alexander Nix
  2809. about how they worked</i>
  2810.  
  2811. 619
  2812. 00:44:11,565 --> 00:44:12,650
  2813. <i>for the Leave campaign.</i>
  2814.  
  2815. 620
  2816. 00:44:13,484 --> 00:44:17,112
  2817. Yeah, I'm afraid we don't talk
  2818. about that campaign. At all.
  2819.  
  2820. 621
  2821. 00:44:19,448 --> 00:44:21,075
  2822. You didn't? Or you did?
  2823.  
  2824. 622
  2825. 00:44:21,158 --> 00:44:22,451
  2826. No, no, we don't discuss it.
  2827.  
  2828. 623
  2829. 00:44:22,534 --> 00:44:24,134
  2830. - Okay. Not at all.
  2831. - Yeah.
  2832.  
  2833. 624
  2834. 00:44:24,703 --> 00:44:27,831
  2835. And that was when I discovered this video
  2836.  
  2837. 625
  2838. 00:44:27,915 --> 00:44:30,125
  2839. of Leave. EU's press launch.
  2840.  
  2841. 626
  2842. 00:44:32,628 --> 00:44:35,798
  2843. And I was like, well, there, look,
  2844. it's Brittany Kaiser!
  2845.  
  2846. 627
  2847. 00:44:35,881 --> 00:44:38,425
  2848. She works for Cambridge Analytica.
  2849.  
  2850. 628
  2851. 00:44:38,509 --> 00:44:40,552
  2852. She's at the press launch
  2853.  
  2854. 629
  2855. 00:44:40,636 --> 00:44:43,389
  2856. talking about all the clever things
  2857.  
  2858. 630
  2859. 00:44:43,472 --> 00:44:46,350
  2860. that they're going to do with data
  2861. for the Leave Campaign.
  2862.  
  2863. 631
  2864. 00:44:48,102 --> 00:44:50,979
  2865. Like, what the fuck?
  2866.  
  2867. 632
  2868. 00:44:51,063 --> 00:44:54,817
  2869. How can you carry on denying it?
  2870. This is nuts!
  2871.  
  2872. 633
  2873. 00:44:58,779 --> 00:45:00,539
  2874. And it was exactly
  2875. the same time
  2876.  
  2877. 634
  2878. 00:45:00,614 --> 00:45:02,408
  2879. that Leave. EU started posting
  2880.  
  2881. 635
  2882. 00:45:02,491 --> 00:45:04,243
  2883. the horrible videos of me.
  2884.  
  2885. 636
  2886. 00:45:04,326 --> 00:45:05,929
  2887. I've gotta get out of here!
  2888.  
  2889. 637
  2890. 00:45:05,953 --> 00:45:08,747
  2891. There was a spoof video
  2892. of a scene from <i>Airplane!</i>
  2893.  
  2894. 638
  2895. 00:45:08,831 --> 00:45:11,434
  2896. - Get a hold of yourself!
  2897. - Please, let me handle this.
  2898.  
  2899. 639
  2900. 00:45:11,458 --> 00:45:14,604
  2901. There was like a whole stream
  2902. of people going, "Don't be so hysterical!"
  2903.  
  2904. 640
  2905. 00:45:14,628 --> 00:45:15,628
  2906. And, like, hitting her.
  2907.  
  2908. 641
  2909. 00:45:15,671 --> 00:45:17,589
  2910. Go back to your seat!
  2911. I'll take care of this.
  2912.  
  2913. 642
  2914. 00:45:17,673 --> 00:45:19,717
  2915. It was like, "Calm down! Calm down!"
  2916.  
  2917. 643
  2918. 00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:22,278
  2919. And, you know, so a whole line of people,
  2920.  
  2921. 644
  2922. 00:45:22,302 --> 00:45:24,638
  2923. and then the last person's carrying a gun.
  2924.  
  2925. 645
  2926. 00:45:26,390 --> 00:45:27,975
  2927. And the whole thing they had,
  2928.  
  2929. 646
  2930. 00:45:28,058 --> 00:45:30,936
  2931. it was set to the music
  2932. from the Russian national anthem.
  2933.  
  2934. 647
  2935. 00:45:35,065 --> 00:45:36,400
  2936. Ugh.
  2937.  
  2938. 648
  2939. 00:45:38,110 --> 00:45:41,488
  2940. The day
  2941. after that Leave. EU video was put out,
  2942.  
  2943. 649
  2944. 00:45:41,572 --> 00:45:45,701
  2945. the editor of another news organization
  2946. that I was going to do a report for
  2947.  
  2948. 650
  2949. 00:45:46,201 --> 00:45:47,536
  2950. took me for lunch and said,
  2951.  
  2952. 651
  2953. 00:45:47,619 --> 00:45:50,579
  2954. "Actually, we think it's too much
  2955. of a risk having you present the report."
  2956.  
  2957. 652
  2958. 00:45:53,792 --> 00:45:58,046
  2959. It is this sort of visceral thing
  2960. of living with this disinformation
  2961.  
  2962. 653
  2963. 00:45:58,130 --> 00:46:00,924
  2964. and this propaganda every single day.
  2965.  
  2966. 654
  2967. 00:46:01,216 --> 00:46:04,887
  2968. And feeling the effects of it
  2969. and knowing that it does work,
  2970.  
  2971. 655
  2972. 00:46:04,970 --> 00:46:07,973
  2973. it does have an impact in real life,
  2974. whether people believe that or not.
  2975.  
  2976. 656
  2977. 00:46:13,437 --> 00:46:15,439
  2978. You know,
  2979. I'm used to just writing stories.
  2980.  
  2981. 657
  2982. 00:46:15,522 --> 00:46:18,025
  2983. You write it, and then you go on
  2984. to the next subject.
  2985.  
  2986. 658
  2987. 00:46:18,108 --> 00:46:21,445
  2988. I'm a feature writer, that's what I did.
  2989. But I was just like, "They've lied."
  2990.  
  2991. 659
  2992. 00:46:21,528 --> 00:46:24,168
  2993. And they're lying about something
  2994. which is actually really massive.
  2995.  
  2996. 660
  2997. 00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:26,533
  2998. 'Cause it's, you know, the...
  2999.  
  3000. 661
  3001. 00:46:27,075 --> 00:46:29,953
  3002. rest of the future of our country.
  3003.  
  3004. 662
  3005. 00:46:30,662 --> 00:46:33,749
  3006. What do you think, Nigel?
  3007.  
  3008. 663
  3009. 00:46:35,584 --> 00:46:39,755
  3010. In the referendum,
  3011. most people had very fixed views.
  3012.  
  3013. 664
  3014. 00:46:40,672 --> 00:46:44,218
  3015. But there was a tiny sliver of people
  3016. who didn't.
  3017.  
  3018. 665
  3019. 00:46:44,301 --> 00:46:46,345
  3020. These were "the persuadables."
  3021.  
  3022. 666
  3023. 00:46:46,678 --> 00:46:50,057
  3024. It was all about finding
  3025. these very few people
  3026.  
  3027. 667
  3028. 00:46:50,140 --> 00:46:52,810
  3029. and then bombarding them with ads.
  3030.  
  3031. 668
  3032. 00:46:55,020 --> 00:46:58,649
  3033. This is the thing
  3034. which was invisible to all of us.
  3035.  
  3036. 669
  3037. 00:47:00,442 --> 00:47:06,448
  3038. Let June the 23rd go down in our history
  3039. as our independence day!
  3040.  
  3041. 670
  3042. 00:47:10,494 --> 00:47:13,705
  3043. <i>The British people have spoken,
  3044. and the answer is, "We're out."</i>
  3045.  
  3046. 671
  3047. 00:47:13,789 --> 00:47:15,082
  3048. <i>For good or for ill,</i>
  3049.  
  3050. 672
  3051. 00:47:15,165 --> 00:47:18,043
  3052. <i>this decision will define our politics
  3053. for years to come.</i>
  3054.  
  3055. 673
  3056. 00:47:18,126 --> 00:47:22,256
  3057. <i>This great country
  3058. has made a terrible mistake.</i>
  3059.  
  3060. 674
  3061. 00:47:22,339 --> 00:47:24,174
  3062. <i>It's an earthquake that has happened.</i>
  3063.  
  3064. 675
  3065. 00:47:24,258 --> 00:47:27,553
  3066. <i>And what happens after earthquakes?
  3067. We wait to see.</i>
  3068.  
  3069. 676
  3070. 00:47:27,886 --> 00:47:30,013
  3071. <i>People weren't agreed
  3072. on what Leave meant.</i>
  3073.  
  3074. 677
  3075. 00:47:30,097 --> 00:47:32,992
  3076. - <i>It's simple: leave. Full stop.
  3077. - Was no manifesto for Leave.</i>
  3078.  
  3079. 678
  3080. 00:47:33,016 --> 00:47:34,643
  3081. <i>But there is no "leave, full stop..."</i>
  3082.  
  3083. 679
  3084. 00:47:34,726 --> 00:47:37,604
  3085. Brexit! Brexit! Brexit!
  3086.  
  3087. 680
  3088. 00:47:40,315 --> 00:47:41,995
  3089. <i>In the interest of safety,</i>
  3090.  
  3091. 681
  3092. 00:47:42,067 --> 00:47:45,487
  3093. <i>parents are advised not to carry children
  3094. on baggage trolleys</i>
  3095.  
  3096. 682
  3097. 00:47:45,571 --> 00:47:47,573
  3098. <i>or allow them to play on the escalators.</i>
  3099.  
  3100. 683
  3101. 00:47:47,656 --> 00:47:49,575
  3102. - Hi, Mama!
  3103. <i>- Hey!</i>
  3104.  
  3105. 684
  3106. 00:47:50,784 --> 00:47:52,744
  3107. I'm through, I'm through,
  3108. I'm through, yeah.
  3109.  
  3110. 685
  3111. 00:47:52,828 --> 00:47:56,748
  3112. So, I managed to get
  3113. into the United Kingdom with no issues,
  3114.  
  3115. 686
  3116. 00:47:56,832 --> 00:47:59,251
  3117. which is really fantastic.
  3118.  
  3119. 687
  3120. 00:47:59,585 --> 00:48:02,379
  3121. <i>Well, I just want you
  3122. to mentally be okay with this,</i>
  3123.  
  3124. 688
  3125. 00:48:02,462 --> 00:48:06,091
  3126. <i>'cause what you're doing
  3127. is a monumental undertaking.</i>
  3128.  
  3129. 689
  3130. 00:48:06,174 --> 00:48:07,133
  3131. I know.
  3132.  
  3133. 690
  3134. 00:48:07,134 --> 00:48:08,719
  3135. <i>And I still fear for your life.</i>
  3136.  
  3137. 691
  3138. 00:48:08,802 --> 00:48:09,803
  3139. Yeah.
  3140.  
  3141. 692
  3142. 00:48:09,887 --> 00:48:12,097
  3143. <i>With the powerful people
  3144. that are involved...</i>
  3145.  
  3146. 693
  3147. 00:48:12,639 --> 00:48:13,807
  3148. Yeah, I know.
  3149.  
  3150. 694
  3151. 00:48:13,891 --> 00:48:15,976
  3152. <i>You just have to be careful all the time.</i>
  3153.  
  3154. 695
  3155. 00:48:16,059 --> 00:48:17,853
  3156. I know, but I can't keep quiet
  3157.  
  3158. 696
  3159. 00:48:17,936 --> 00:48:20,147
  3160. just because it'll make
  3161. powerful people mad.
  3162.  
  3163. 697
  3164. 00:48:20,230 --> 00:48:23,066
  3165. <i>I know. I know, I know, I know. I know.</i>
  3166.  
  3167. 698
  3168. 00:48:23,734 --> 00:48:26,111
  3169. <i>I totally get that, you know.</i>
  3170.  
  3171. 699
  3172. 00:48:26,862 --> 00:48:30,908
  3173. <i>Somebody's always got to bring down
  3174. these jerks.</i>
  3175.  
  3176. 700
  3177. 00:48:31,074 --> 00:48:32,200
  3178. Exactly.
  3179.  
  3180. 701
  3181. 00:48:32,284 --> 00:48:34,953
  3182. <i>So, you know, anyway.</i>
  3183.  
  3184. 702
  3185. 00:48:35,203 --> 00:48:37,039
  3186. <i>When I have time off next month,</i>
  3187.  
  3188. 703
  3189. 00:48:37,122 --> 00:48:40,667
  3190. <i>I've gotta go and put deposits down
  3191. on electric and gas.</i>
  3192.  
  3193. 704
  3194. 00:48:41,126 --> 00:48:44,379
  3195. <i>I don't have $1,000 right now,
  3196. so I'll have to wait.</i>
  3197.  
  3198. 705
  3199. 00:48:44,463 --> 00:48:47,382
  3200. Well, I could...
  3201. I could pay for it. That means...
  3202.  
  3203. 706
  3204. 00:48:47,466 --> 00:48:49,885
  3205. <i>Oh, don't worry,
  3206. I don't need it right now.</i>
  3207.  
  3208. 707
  3209. 00:48:51,720 --> 00:48:53,472
  3210. <i>All right, honey, you stay healthy.</i>
  3211.  
  3212. 708
  3213. 00:48:53,555 --> 00:48:54,472
  3214. Love you.
  3215.  
  3216. 709
  3217. 00:48:54,473 --> 00:48:55,599
  3218. <i>Be safe, honey. I love you.</i>
  3219.  
  3220. 710
  3221. 00:48:55,682 --> 00:48:56,599
  3222. I love you. Bye-bye.
  3223.  
  3224. 711
  3225. 00:48:56,600 --> 00:48:57,809
  3226. <i>Bye-bye, baby.</i>
  3227.  
  3228. 712
  3229. 00:49:07,945 --> 00:49:09,821
  3230. I'm really happy to be back,
  3231.  
  3232. 713
  3233. 00:49:09,905 --> 00:49:14,368
  3234. but I don't think I can really do much
  3235. going out in public while I'm here.
  3236.  
  3237. 714
  3238. 00:49:17,162 --> 00:49:18,664
  3239. Last time I left,
  3240.  
  3241. 715
  3242. 00:49:18,747 --> 00:49:23,627
  3243. I was in a very difficult situation
  3244. with a lot of my friends.
  3245.  
  3246. 716
  3247. 00:49:24,294 --> 00:49:25,934
  3248. - So fire door number one?
  3249. - Yes.
  3250.  
  3251. 717
  3252. 00:49:26,004 --> 00:49:27,673
  3253. What?
  3254.  
  3255. 718
  3256. 00:49:29,883 --> 00:49:33,345
  3257. So many people were so angry
  3258. that I was working on the Brexit campaign,
  3259.  
  3260. 719
  3261. 00:49:33,428 --> 00:49:36,682
  3262. so angry I continued to work for a company
  3263.  
  3264. 720
  3265. 00:49:36,765 --> 00:49:39,601
  3266. that supported people
  3267. like Ted Cruz and Donald Trump.
  3268.  
  3269. 721
  3270. 00:49:42,312 --> 00:49:45,649
  3271. And there's still this whole group
  3272. of people that are wondering,
  3273.  
  3274. 722
  3275. 00:49:45,732 --> 00:49:49,361
  3276. am I taking the high road,
  3277. or am I doing something to protect myself?
  3278.  
  3279. 723
  3280. 00:49:56,368 --> 00:49:58,137
  3281. <i>More news on Facebook over the weekend,</i>
  3282.  
  3283. 724
  3284. 00:49:58,161 --> 00:50:00,580
  3285. <i>as Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify
  3286. before Congress</i>
  3287.  
  3288. 725
  3289. 00:50:00,664 --> 00:50:01,957
  3290. <i>tomorrow and Wednesday.</i>
  3291.  
  3292. 726
  3293. 00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:03,851
  3294. <i>Earlier this morning,
  3295. he announced some new measures</i>
  3296.  
  3297. 727
  3298. 00:50:03,875 --> 00:50:06,670
  3299. <i>in the company's efforts
  3300. to prevent interference in elections...</i>
  3301.  
  3302. 728
  3303. 00:50:18,056 --> 00:50:20,684
  3304. It's today's <i>FT.</i>
  3305.  
  3306. 729
  3307. 00:50:20,767 --> 00:50:23,729
  3308. My name's at the top of the front page
  3309. of the <i>FT.</i>
  3310.  
  3311. 730
  3312. 00:50:23,812 --> 00:50:24,855
  3313. Oh, shit.
  3314.  
  3315. 731
  3316. 00:50:25,856 --> 00:50:27,566
  3317. There it is.
  3318.  
  3319. 732
  3320. 00:50:29,234 --> 00:50:31,111
  3321. "Zuckerberg braced for Congress grilling.
  3322.  
  3323. 733
  3324. 00:50:31,194 --> 00:50:34,573
  3325. Facebook chief will admit
  3326. that the social network did not do enough
  3327.  
  3328. 734
  3329. 00:50:34,656 --> 00:50:37,117
  3330. to stop its tools being used for harm."
  3331.  
  3332. 735
  3333. 00:50:37,826 --> 00:50:41,538
  3334. "Facebook should pay its
  3335. two billion users for their personal data.
  3336.  
  3337. 736
  3338. 00:50:41,788 --> 00:50:45,834
  3339. The big tech companies are evolving
  3340. into digital kleptocracies.
  3341.  
  3342. 737
  3343. 00:50:46,084 --> 00:50:47,294
  3344. Yesterday."
  3345.  
  3346. 738
  3347. 00:50:49,171 --> 00:50:50,797
  3348. Um...
  3349.  
  3350. 739
  3351. 00:50:51,590 --> 00:50:54,301
  3352. I sort of missed the paragraph of, like,
  3353.  
  3354. 740
  3355. 00:50:55,343 --> 00:50:57,554
  3356. "I helped build this monster
  3357.  
  3358. 741
  3359. 00:50:58,472 --> 00:50:59,472
  3360. that...
  3361.  
  3362. 742
  3363. 00:51:01,767 --> 00:51:05,395
  3364. wreaked havoc upon the world
  3365. and will take decades to recover from,
  3366.  
  3367. 743
  3368. 00:51:06,396 --> 00:51:10,025
  3369. and I feel really bad about that."
  3370. I don't see that here.
  3371.  
  3372. 744
  3373. 00:51:12,194 --> 00:51:14,071
  3374. The data wars have begun.
  3375.  
  3376. 745
  3377. 00:51:24,498 --> 00:51:28,627
  3378. I mean, this is a company
  3379. that is a superstate,
  3380.  
  3381. 746
  3382. 00:51:28,919 --> 00:51:33,131
  3383. and the only nation
  3384. that has jurisdiction over it is ours.
  3385.  
  3386. 747
  3387. 00:51:40,347 --> 00:51:44,810
  3388. The Committees on the Judiciary
  3389. and Commerce, Science and Transportation
  3390.  
  3391. 748
  3392. 00:51:44,893 --> 00:51:46,228
  3393. will come to order.
  3394.  
  3395. 749
  3396. 00:51:48,271 --> 00:51:51,024
  3397. Chairman Grassley
  3398. and members of the committee:
  3399.  
  3400. 750
  3401. 00:51:52,192 --> 00:51:57,364
  3402. My top priority has always been
  3403. our social mission of connecting people,
  3404.  
  3405. 751
  3406. 00:51:57,447 --> 00:52:00,158
  3407. building community,
  3408. and bringing the world closer together.
  3409.  
  3410. 752
  3411. 00:52:01,243 --> 00:52:04,538
  3412. <i>But it's clear now that we didn't
  3413. do enough to prevent these tools</i>
  3414.  
  3415. 753
  3416. 00:52:04,621 --> 00:52:06,206
  3417. <i>from being used for harm as well.</i>
  3418.  
  3419. 754
  3420. 00:52:06,706 --> 00:52:09,417
  3421. <i>Before I talk about the steps
  3422. we're taking to address them,</i>
  3423.  
  3424. 755
  3425. 00:52:09,501 --> 00:52:10,981
  3426. <i>I want to talk about how we got here.</i>
  3427.  
  3428. 756
  3429. 00:52:11,545 --> 00:52:14,172
  3430. <i>When we first contacted
  3431. Cambridge Analytica,</i>
  3432.  
  3433. 757
  3434. 00:52:14,256 --> 00:52:16,466
  3435. they told us
  3436. that they had deleted the data.
  3437.  
  3438. 758
  3439. 00:52:16,842 --> 00:52:17,842
  3440. About a month ago,
  3441.  
  3442. 759
  3443. 00:52:17,884 --> 00:52:20,303
  3444. we heard new reports
  3445. that suggested that wasn't true.
  3446.  
  3447. 760
  3448. 00:52:21,054 --> 00:52:25,225
  3449. <i>So, we're getting to the bottom
  3450. of exactly what Cambridge Analytica did.</i>
  3451.  
  3452. 761
  3453. 00:52:25,767 --> 00:52:28,019
  3454. Blame it on me, Mark. Go for it.
  3455.  
  3456. 762
  3457. 00:52:28,103 --> 00:52:30,689
  3458. <i>...to address this and to prevent it
  3459. from happening again.</i>
  3460.  
  3461. 763
  3462. 00:52:31,481 --> 00:52:35,318
  3463. Thank you for having me here today,
  3464. and I'm ready to take your questions.
  3465.  
  3466. 764
  3467. 00:52:36,444 --> 00:52:40,907
  3468. Well, Mr. Zuckerberg,
  3469. during the 2016 campaign,
  3470.  
  3471. 765
  3472. 00:52:41,032 --> 00:52:44,286
  3473. Cambridge Analytica worked
  3474. with the Trump campaign
  3475.  
  3476. 766
  3477. 00:52:44,369 --> 00:52:47,789
  3478. to refine tactics under Project Alamo.
  3479.  
  3480. 767
  3481. 00:52:47,873 --> 00:52:50,292
  3482. Were Facebook employees involved in that?
  3483.  
  3484. 768
  3485. 00:52:51,585 --> 00:52:54,480
  3486. Senator, I don't know that our employees
  3487. were involved with Cambridge Analytica.
  3488.  
  3489. 769
  3490. 00:52:54,504 --> 00:52:56,464
  3491. - Yes, they were.
  3492. - Whoa!
  3493.  
  3494. 770
  3495. 00:52:56,548 --> 00:52:57,591
  3496. Oh, my God.
  3497.  
  3498. 771
  3499. 00:52:57,674 --> 00:53:00,468
  3500. The Republican team in DC was. I met them.
  3501.  
  3502. 772
  3503. 00:53:00,677 --> 00:53:03,680
  3504. ...although I know that we did help out
  3505. the Trump campaign overall
  3506.  
  3507. 773
  3508. 00:53:03,763 --> 00:53:06,600
  3509. in sales support in the same way
  3510. that we do with other campaigns.
  3511.  
  3512. 774
  3513. 00:53:06,683 --> 00:53:08,560
  3514. So, they may have been involved
  3515.  
  3516. 775
  3517. 00:53:08,643 --> 00:53:11,271
  3518. and all working together
  3519. during that time period?
  3520.  
  3521. 776
  3522. 00:53:11,354 --> 00:53:14,107
  3523. Maybe that's something
  3524. your investigation will find out.
  3525.  
  3526. 777
  3527. 00:53:14,191 --> 00:53:16,818
  3528. Senator, I can certainly
  3529. have my team get back to you
  3530.  
  3531. 778
  3532. 00:53:16,902 --> 00:53:19,946
  3533. on any specifics there
  3534. that I don't know sitting here today.
  3535.  
  3536. 779
  3537. 00:53:20,030 --> 00:53:22,782
  3538. Oh, my God. This is the whole point
  3539. of the hearing, you...
  3540.  
  3541. 780
  3542. 00:53:22,866 --> 00:53:25,493
  3543. - Know what I'm talking about?
  3544. - No, I do not.
  3545.  
  3546. 781
  3547. 00:53:25,577 --> 00:53:26,577
  3548. Okay.
  3549.  
  3550. 782
  3551. 00:53:27,996 --> 00:53:29,122
  3552. It can go to you.
  3553.  
  3554. 783
  3555. 00:53:29,789 --> 00:53:33,585
  3556. Do you think the 87 million users,
  3557. do you consider them victims?
  3558.  
  3559. 784
  3560. 00:53:34,628 --> 00:53:36,463
  3561. Uh, Senator, I think...
  3562.  
  3563. 785
  3564. 00:53:36,796 --> 00:53:38,048
  3565. Uh...
  3566.  
  3567. 786
  3568. 00:53:38,215 --> 00:53:42,010
  3569. Yes. I mean, they... they did not want
  3570. their information to be
  3571.  
  3572. 787
  3573. 00:53:42,219 --> 00:53:46,014
  3574. sold to Cambridge Analytica
  3575. by a developer. And... And...
  3576.  
  3577. 788
  3578. 00:53:46,348 --> 00:53:47,515
  3579. that happened.
  3580.  
  3581. 789
  3582. 00:53:47,682 --> 00:53:49,309
  3583. And it happened on our watch.
  3584.  
  3585. 790
  3586. 00:53:49,434 --> 00:53:50,936
  3587. So even though we didn't do it,
  3588.  
  3589. 791
  3590. 00:53:51,019 --> 00:53:53,563
  3591. I think we have a responsibility
  3592. to be able to prevent that
  3593.  
  3594. 792
  3595. 00:53:53,647 --> 00:53:55,190
  3596. and be able to take action sooner.
  3597.  
  3598. 793
  3599. 00:53:55,690 --> 00:53:57,734
  3600. <i>One of the steps that we need to take now</i>
  3601.  
  3602. 794
  3603. 00:53:57,817 --> 00:54:00,946
  3604. is go do a full audit
  3605. of all of Cambridge Analytica's systems
  3606.  
  3607. 795
  3608. 00:54:01,029 --> 00:54:04,449
  3609. <i>to understand what they're doing,
  3610. whether they still have any data...</i>
  3611.  
  3612. 796
  3613. 00:54:04,532 --> 00:54:08,411
  3614. <i>Obviously, Facebook has been done
  3615. considerable reputational damage</i>
  3616.  
  3617. 797
  3618. 00:54:08,495 --> 00:54:10,956
  3619. <i>by its association
  3620. with Cambridge Analytica.</i>
  3621.  
  3622. 798
  3623. 00:54:11,039 --> 00:54:13,541
  3624. <i>...process by which Cambridge Analytica...</i>
  3625.  
  3626. 799
  3627. 00:54:13,625 --> 00:54:15,228
  3628. <i>...relates to Cambridge Analytica...</i>
  3629.  
  3630. 800
  3631. 00:54:15,252 --> 00:54:18,255
  3632. <i>The recent stories
  3633. about Cambridge Analytica</i>
  3634.  
  3635. 801
  3636. 00:54:18,338 --> 00:54:19,941
  3637. <i>and data mining...</i>
  3638.  
  3639. 802
  3640. 00:54:19,965 --> 00:54:23,176
  3641. Look at how many people
  3642. are posting Zuckerberg...
  3643.  
  3644. 803
  3645. 00:54:23,260 --> 00:54:25,321
  3646. - Everyone's watching this.
  3647. - Oh, my God.
  3648.  
  3649. 804
  3650. 00:54:25,345 --> 00:54:27,281
  3651. - And the whole thing just says...
  3652. - Wow.
  3653.  
  3654. 805
  3655. 00:54:27,305 --> 00:54:29,307
  3656. ...Cambridge, Cambridge,
  3657. Cambridge.
  3658.  
  3659. 806
  3660. 00:54:31,851 --> 00:54:33,687
  3661. I never thought
  3662. everyone in the world
  3663.  
  3664. 807
  3665. 00:54:33,770 --> 00:54:36,064
  3666. would know who Cambridge Analytica was.
  3667.  
  3668. 808
  3669. 00:54:46,741 --> 00:54:49,536
  3670. I learnt many things from that period.
  3671.  
  3672. 809
  3673. 00:54:50,161 --> 00:54:53,707
  3674. I learnt, for example,
  3675. that when you're in a PR crisis,
  3676.  
  3677. 810
  3678. 00:54:53,790 --> 00:54:56,835
  3679. the one thing that you can't hire
  3680. is a PR crisis company.
  3681.  
  3682. 811
  3683. 00:54:57,168 --> 00:54:59,337
  3684. We spoke to...
  3685.  
  3686. 812
  3687. 00:55:00,630 --> 00:55:05,010
  3688. ...tens of PR crisis companies
  3689. that listened intently,
  3690.  
  3691. 813
  3692. 00:55:05,093 --> 00:55:07,220
  3693. went away to think about it,
  3694. and came back and said,
  3695.  
  3696. 814
  3697. 00:55:07,304 --> 00:55:10,557
  3698. "Sorry, we can't associate ourselves
  3699. with your brand."
  3700.  
  3701. 815
  3702. 00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:15,395
  3703. Um... And actually, I thought
  3704. that's what they were there, um, for.
  3705.  
  3706. 816
  3707. 00:55:15,770 --> 00:55:19,858
  3708. And so it became impossible to, um...
  3709. to get a voice.
  3710.  
  3711. 817
  3712. 00:55:26,072 --> 00:55:29,075
  3713. The reason that we've called
  3714. this news conference today
  3715.  
  3716. 818
  3717. 00:55:29,159 --> 00:55:33,913
  3718. is to begin to counter
  3719. some of the unfounded allegations
  3720.  
  3721. 819
  3722. 00:55:33,997 --> 00:55:38,168
  3723. and, frankly, the torrent of ill-informed
  3724. and inaccurate speculation.
  3725.  
  3726. 820
  3727. 00:55:47,135 --> 00:55:49,929
  3728. Do you think what was done was illegal?
  3729.  
  3730. 821
  3731. 00:55:50,013 --> 00:55:51,765
  3732. We think it is probably illegal
  3733.  
  3734. 822
  3735. 00:55:51,848 --> 00:55:54,517
  3736. according to UK law,
  3737. and that's what we're challenging.
  3738.  
  3739. 823
  3740. 00:55:54,601 --> 00:55:56,936
  3741. We do have a statement
  3742. from Cambridge Analytica.
  3743.  
  3744. 824
  3745. 00:55:57,020 --> 00:55:58,438
  3746. Cambridge said,
  3747.  
  3748. 825
  3749. 00:55:58,521 --> 00:56:01,775
  3750. "David Carroll has no more right
  3751. to submit this request
  3752.  
  3753. 826
  3754. 00:56:01,858 --> 00:56:05,737
  3755. than a member of the Taliban
  3756. sitting in a cave in Afghanistan."
  3757.  
  3758. 827
  3759. 00:56:08,615 --> 00:56:10,867
  3760. <i>And it came like a tsunami.</i>
  3761.  
  3762. 828
  3763. 00:56:11,743 --> 00:56:16,331
  3764. <i>There were 35,000 media stories per day.</i>
  3765.  
  3766. 829
  3767. 00:56:19,459 --> 00:56:22,087
  3768. <i>They wanted to discredit Trump,</i>
  3769.  
  3770. 830
  3771. 00:56:22,420 --> 00:56:24,839
  3772. <i>they wanted to discredit Brexit,</i>
  3773.  
  3774. 831
  3775. 00:56:24,923 --> 00:56:26,841
  3776. <i>and we were the vehicle for doing it.</i>
  3777.  
  3778. 832
  3779. 00:56:27,634 --> 00:56:31,012
  3780. Do you feel
  3781. that you have skewed democracy?
  3782.  
  3783. 833
  3784. 00:56:31,388 --> 00:56:36,351
  3785. By providing campaign services
  3786. to a candidate who'd been fairly nominated
  3787.  
  3788. 834
  3789. 00:56:36,434 --> 00:56:39,646
  3790. as the Republican representative
  3791. of the United States?
  3792.  
  3793. 835
  3794. 00:56:40,105 --> 00:56:41,523
  3795. How is that possible?
  3796.  
  3797. 836
  3798. 00:56:43,191 --> 00:56:46,027
  3799. <i>Cambridge Analytica became responsible</i>
  3800.  
  3801. 837
  3802. 00:56:46,111 --> 00:56:49,864
  3803. <i>for pretty much everything
  3804. that was wrong in the world.</i>
  3805.  
  3806. 838
  3807. 00:56:55,078 --> 00:56:57,622
  3808. Are you saying
  3809. that Cambridge Analytica lies?
  3810.  
  3811. 839
  3812. 00:56:57,705 --> 00:57:00,417
  3813. They knowingly misrepresent the truth.
  3814.  
  3815. 840
  3816. 00:57:00,583 --> 00:57:02,168
  3817. What's your proof of that?
  3818.  
  3819. 841
  3820. 00:57:02,836 --> 00:57:04,087
  3821. I was there.
  3822.  
  3823. 842
  3824. 00:57:05,547 --> 00:57:08,133
  3825. Chris Wylie spoke with great authority
  3826.  
  3827. 843
  3828. 00:57:08,216 --> 00:57:11,094
  3829. about what had gone on
  3830. in Cambridge Analytica and SCL
  3831.  
  3832. 844
  3833. 00:57:11,177 --> 00:57:14,222
  3834. during 2015 and 2016,
  3835.  
  3836. 845
  3837. 00:57:14,305 --> 00:57:17,517
  3838. at a time when he was never there.
  3839.  
  3840. 846
  3841. 00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:22,939
  3842. He had worked for the company
  3843. for nine months, left in 2014.
  3844.  
  3845. 847
  3846. 00:57:23,231 --> 00:57:28,153
  3847. He then went out and pitched
  3848. the Trump campaign,
  3849.  
  3850. 848
  3851. 00:57:28,778 --> 00:57:31,281
  3852. and lost to us.
  3853.  
  3854. 849
  3855. 00:57:34,242 --> 00:57:37,328
  3856. Chris Wylie set out to kill the company.
  3857.  
  3858. 850
  3859. 00:57:39,998 --> 00:57:41,332
  3860. And what about Brittany?
  3861.  
  3862. 851
  3863. 00:57:46,963 --> 00:57:48,965
  3864. I don't know what Brittany was doing.
  3865.  
  3866. 852
  3867. 00:57:54,387 --> 00:57:56,264
  3868. Brittany was someone that...
  3869.  
  3870. 853
  3871. 00:57:57,015 --> 00:58:00,185
  3872. I thought was a friend,
  3873. I know Alexander thought was a friend.
  3874.  
  3875. 854
  3876. 00:58:01,436 --> 00:58:02,562
  3877. But, you know,
  3878.  
  3879. 855
  3880. 00:58:04,105 --> 00:58:06,441
  3881. when the world gets turned upside down,
  3882.  
  3883. 856
  3884. 00:58:07,901 --> 00:58:11,738
  3885. people behave in different ways.
  3886.  
  3887. 857
  3888. 00:58:12,864 --> 00:58:15,450
  3889. Maybe even they don't understand
  3890.  
  3891. 858
  3892. 00:58:16,284 --> 00:58:18,495
  3893. why they're doing what they're doing
  3894. at the time.
  3895.  
  3896. 859
  3897. 00:58:24,959 --> 00:58:28,713
  3898. I would strongly recommend
  3899. that we start doing testimony prep.
  3900.  
  3901. 860
  3902. 00:58:30,131 --> 00:58:32,300
  3903. Uh, go through the emails together,
  3904.  
  3905. 861
  3906. 00:58:32,383 --> 00:58:35,720
  3907. maybe go through other stuff
  3908. and hash out what's there.
  3909.  
  3910. 862
  3911. 00:58:37,430 --> 00:58:39,557
  3912. Oh, my God. I have my entire calendar.
  3913.  
  3914. 863
  3915. 00:58:41,226 --> 00:58:43,144
  3916. Shit. Shit.
  3917.  
  3918. 864
  3919. 00:58:43,228 --> 00:58:45,989
  3920. - You have your entire calendar?
  3921. - I have my entire calendar.
  3922.  
  3923. 865
  3924. 00:58:46,022 --> 00:58:47,273
  3925. Oh, my God.
  3926.  
  3927. 866
  3928. 00:58:47,524 --> 00:58:48,650
  3929. Downloaded?
  3930.  
  3931. 867
  3932. 00:58:48,733 --> 00:58:52,195
  3933. I didn't think that
  3934. that was going to still link.
  3935.  
  3936. 868
  3937. 00:58:52,278 --> 00:58:53,363
  3938. That's amazing.
  3939.  
  3940. 869
  3941. 00:58:53,446 --> 00:58:56,050
  3942. I can actually do an entire timeline
  3943. of everything, if that's the case.
  3944.  
  3945. 870
  3946. 00:58:56,074 --> 00:58:57,234
  3947. A timeline is great.
  3948.  
  3949. 871
  3950. 00:58:57,700 --> 00:58:59,160
  3951. Fuck, look at this.
  3952.  
  3953. 872
  3954. 00:58:59,744 --> 00:59:02,580
  3955. September 2015.
  3956.  
  3957. 873
  3958. 00:59:04,749 --> 00:59:06,626
  3959. US Chamber of Commerce...
  3960.  
  3961. 874
  3962. 00:59:07,126 --> 00:59:08,211
  3963. Meeting at...
  3964.  
  3965. 875
  3966. 00:59:11,172 --> 00:59:13,883
  3967. Leave.EU. That was fun. Run-through.
  3968.  
  3969. 876
  3970. 00:59:13,967 --> 00:59:15,009
  3971. It's all here.
  3972.  
  3973. 877
  3974. 00:59:15,093 --> 00:59:17,762
  3975. I know exactly when everything happened.
  3976.  
  3977. 878
  3978. 00:59:17,845 --> 00:59:19,472
  3979. Always. Forever.
  3980.  
  3981. 879
  3982. 00:59:23,393 --> 00:59:25,186
  3983. I didn't realize how much I had.
  3984.  
  3985. 880
  3986. 00:59:25,687 --> 00:59:27,021
  3987. I've got much more than that,
  3988.  
  3989. 881
  3990. 00:59:27,105 --> 00:59:30,108
  3991. it's just those are the things I forwarded
  3992. that I think are worthwhile.
  3993.  
  3994. 882
  3995. 00:59:36,197 --> 00:59:38,783
  3996. Did you get the chance
  3997. to look through all of that?
  3998.  
  3999. 883
  4000. 00:59:38,866 --> 00:59:41,666
  4001. I went through most of it.
  4002. I'll look through more of it today.
  4003.  
  4004. 884
  4005. 00:59:44,664 --> 00:59:47,417
  4006. Let me get out
  4007. one of the pitches. Um...
  4008.  
  4009. 885
  4010. 00:59:47,667 --> 00:59:49,919
  4011. "CA Political."
  4012.  
  4013. 886
  4014. 00:59:52,171 --> 00:59:53,339
  4015. What is this?
  4016.  
  4017. 887
  4018. 00:59:54,257 --> 00:59:55,592
  4019. This looks mental.
  4020.  
  4021. 888
  4022. 00:59:57,343 --> 01:00:02,849
  4023. This is a list of, like,
  4024. the main sources of data.
  4025.  
  4026. 889
  4027. 01:00:04,017 --> 01:00:08,104
  4028. And look, it's got that fucking Facebook
  4029. data set of 30 million individuals.
  4030.  
  4031. 890
  4032. 01:00:08,187 --> 01:00:09,856
  4033. It just says it in there!
  4034.  
  4035. 891
  4036. 01:00:09,939 --> 01:00:11,608
  4037. What the fuck!
  4038.  
  4039. 892
  4040. 01:00:12,108 --> 01:00:13,401
  4041. Oh, my God.
  4042.  
  4043. 893
  4044. 01:00:14,068 --> 01:00:16,738
  4045. - February...
  4046. - Created February 4th, 2016!
  4047.  
  4048. 894
  4049. 01:00:16,821 --> 01:00:19,866
  4050. That was after we said to Facebook
  4051. that we deleted that shit!
  4052.  
  4053. 895
  4054. 01:00:20,992 --> 01:00:23,036
  4055. This is the 30 million individuals
  4056.  
  4057. 896
  4058. 01:00:23,119 --> 01:00:26,205
  4059. that we got their data
  4060. through Professor Kogan.
  4061.  
  4062. 897
  4063. 01:00:26,289 --> 01:00:27,498
  4064. That's that.
  4065.  
  4066. 898
  4067. 01:00:28,041 --> 01:00:31,794
  4068. And it admits to it right here,
  4069. "Our data makes us different,"
  4070.  
  4071. 899
  4072. 01:00:32,712 --> 01:00:36,174
  4073. because we're scraping people's profiles,
  4074. and other people are not.
  4075.  
  4076. 900
  4077. 01:00:37,967 --> 01:00:38,967
  4078. Fuck.
  4079.  
  4080. 901
  4081. 01:00:45,475 --> 01:00:47,977
  4082. I forgot about this stuff, you know?
  4083.  
  4084. 902
  4085. 01:00:48,853 --> 01:00:50,772
  4086. There's just so much stuff.
  4087.  
  4088. 903
  4089. 01:01:02,241 --> 01:01:04,243
  4090. <i>...we seek to do as a firm.</i>
  4091.  
  4092. 904
  4093. 01:01:04,327 --> 01:01:06,788
  4094. <i>We are a behavior change agency.</i>
  4095.  
  4096. 905
  4097. 01:01:08,039 --> 01:01:11,125
  4098. <i>The holy grail of communications is</i>
  4099.  
  4100. 906
  4101. 01:01:11,209 --> 01:01:13,294
  4102. <i>when you can start to change behavior.</i>
  4103.  
  4104. 907
  4105. 01:01:15,171 --> 01:01:18,633
  4106. <i>Uh, Trinidad. This is a great,
  4107. interesting case history</i>
  4108.  
  4109. 908
  4110. 01:01:18,716 --> 01:01:20,218
  4111. <i>of how we look at problems.</i>
  4112.  
  4113. 909
  4114. 01:01:23,680 --> 01:01:25,682
  4115. <i>There are two main political parties,</i>
  4116.  
  4117. 910
  4118. 01:01:25,890 --> 01:01:27,642
  4119. <i>one for the blacks
  4120. and one for the Indians.</i>
  4121.  
  4122. 911
  4123. 01:01:28,059 --> 01:01:29,727
  4124. <i>And you know, they screw each other.</i>
  4125.  
  4126. 912
  4127. 01:01:30,228 --> 01:01:33,064
  4128. <i>So, we were working for the Indians.</i>
  4129.  
  4130. 913
  4131. 01:01:34,399 --> 01:01:37,985
  4132. <i>We went to the client and we said,
  4133. "We want to target the youth."</i>
  4134.  
  4135. 914
  4136. 01:01:38,152 --> 01:01:42,365
  4137. <i>And we try and increase apathy.</i>
  4138.  
  4139. 915
  4140. 01:01:44,075 --> 01:01:45,910
  4141. <i>The campaign had to be non-political,</i>
  4142.  
  4143. 916
  4144. 01:01:45,993 --> 01:01:47,704
  4145. <i>because the kids
  4146. don't care about politics.</i>
  4147.  
  4148. 917
  4149. 01:01:47,787 --> 01:01:50,748
  4150. <i>It had to be reactive,
  4151. because they're lazy.</i>
  4152.  
  4153. 918
  4154. 01:01:51,582 --> 01:01:54,961
  4155. <i>So we came up with this campaign,
  4156. which was all about:</i>
  4157.  
  4158. 919
  4159. 01:01:55,044 --> 01:01:57,171
  4160. <i>Be part of the gang. Do something cool.</i>
  4161.  
  4162. 920
  4163. 01:01:57,255 --> 01:01:58,423
  4164. <i>Be part of a movement.</i>
  4165.  
  4166. 921
  4167. 01:01:58,715 --> 01:02:00,967
  4168. <i>And it was called the "Do So!" campaign.</i>
  4169.  
  4170. 922
  4171. 01:02:01,384 --> 01:02:03,024
  4172. <i>It means "I'm not going to vote."</i>
  4173.  
  4174. 923
  4175. 01:02:03,219 --> 01:02:04,887
  4176. <i>"Do so! Don't vote."</i>
  4177.  
  4178. 924
  4179. 01:02:07,974 --> 01:02:09,726
  4180. The salute of resistance
  4181.  
  4182. 925
  4183. 01:02:09,851 --> 01:02:12,729
  4184. that is known to all
  4185. across Trinidad and Tobago.
  4186.  
  4187. 926
  4188. 01:02:13,396 --> 01:02:15,481
  4189. Do So! Do So!
  4190.  
  4191. 927
  4192. 01:02:16,399 --> 01:02:18,484
  4193. Do So!
  4194.  
  4195. 928
  4196. 01:02:18,776 --> 01:02:21,988
  4197. <i>It's a sign of resistance against,
  4198. not the government,</i>
  4199.  
  4200. 929
  4201. 01:02:22,071 --> 01:02:24,574
  4202. <i>against politics and voting.</i>
  4203.  
  4204. 930
  4205. 01:02:24,949 --> 01:02:27,034
  4206. <i>- β™ͺ Run with it, run with it β™ͺ
  4207. - β™ͺ Run, run β™ͺ</i>
  4208.  
  4209. 931
  4210. 01:02:27,118 --> 01:02:28,762
  4211. <i>- β™ͺ Run with it, run with it β™ͺ
  4212. - β™ͺ Run, run β™ͺ</i>
  4213.  
  4214. 932
  4215. 01:02:28,786 --> 01:02:31,164
  4216. <i>They're making their own YouTube videos.</i>
  4217.  
  4218. 933
  4219. 01:02:31,247 --> 01:02:34,667
  4220. <i>This is the prime minister's house
  4221. that's being graffitied.</i>
  4222.  
  4223. 934
  4224. 01:02:34,751 --> 01:02:36,502
  4225. <i>It was carnage.</i>
  4226.  
  4227. 935
  4228. 01:02:38,296 --> 01:02:41,048
  4229. <i>We knew that when it came to voting,</i>
  4230.  
  4231. 936
  4232. 01:02:41,215 --> 01:02:44,177
  4233. <i>all the Afro-Caribbean kids wouldn't vote,</i>
  4234.  
  4235. 937
  4236. 01:02:44,260 --> 01:02:45,261
  4237. <i>because they Do So!</i>
  4238.  
  4239. 938
  4240. 01:02:45,344 --> 01:02:48,973
  4241. <i>But all the Indian kids would do
  4242. what their parents told them to do,</i>
  4243.  
  4244. 939
  4245. 01:02:49,223 --> 01:02:50,808
  4246. <i>which is go out and vote.</i>
  4247.  
  4248. 940
  4249. 01:02:51,434 --> 01:02:53,269
  4250. <i>They had a lot of fun doing this,</i>
  4251.  
  4252. 941
  4253. 01:02:53,352 --> 01:02:56,397
  4254. <i>but they're not gonna go
  4255. against their parents' will.</i>
  4256.  
  4257. 942
  4258. 01:03:00,610 --> 01:03:05,072
  4259. Thank God for the guidance
  4260. that has brought us here to this victory.
  4261.  
  4262. 943
  4263. 01:03:05,156 --> 01:03:07,492
  4264. Thank you. Thank you, God.
  4265.  
  4266. 944
  4267. 01:03:07,575 --> 01:03:12,663
  4268. <i>And the difference in
  4269. 18-to 35-year-old turnout was like 40%.</i>
  4270.  
  4271. 945
  4272. 01:03:13,372 --> 01:03:16,209
  4273. <i>And that swung the election about 6%,</i>
  4274.  
  4275. 946
  4276. 01:03:16,292 --> 01:03:19,253
  4277. <i>which was all we needed
  4278. in an election that's very close.</i>
  4279.  
  4280. 947
  4281. 01:03:22,256 --> 01:03:28,179
  4282. <i>We now undertake ten national campaigns
  4283. for prime minister or president each year.</i>
  4284.  
  4285. 948
  4286. 01:03:28,805 --> 01:03:30,389
  4287. <i>Malaysia, we're working in.</i>
  4288.  
  4289. 949
  4290. 01:03:30,473 --> 01:03:34,602
  4291. <i>We did Lithuania, Romania,
  4292. Kenya, Ghana.</i>
  4293.  
  4294. 950
  4295. 01:03:35,186 --> 01:03:37,266
  4296. - <i>So quite a few this year.
  4297. - Nigeria.</i>
  4298.  
  4299. 951
  4300. 01:03:37,563 --> 01:03:40,650
  4301. - <i>The Brexit campaign?
  4302. - Oh, and the Brexit campaign, yeah.</i>
  4303.  
  4304. 952
  4305. 01:03:41,067 --> 01:03:42,902
  4306. <i>But we don't talk about that.</i>
  4307.  
  4308. 953
  4309. 01:03:42,985 --> 01:03:44,278
  4310. <i>Oops, we won!</i>
  4311.  
  4312. 954
  4313. 01:03:50,243 --> 01:03:52,912
  4314. Do you worry at all
  4315. that she might let you down?
  4316.  
  4317. 955
  4318. 01:03:56,541 --> 01:03:58,251
  4319. Look, um...
  4320.  
  4321. 956
  4322. 01:04:06,843 --> 01:04:08,135
  4323. That is a good question.
  4324.  
  4325. 957
  4326. 01:04:10,429 --> 01:04:15,184
  4327. I know already that she is
  4328. a complicated person, uh,
  4329.  
  4330. 958
  4331. 01:04:15,268 --> 01:04:16,435
  4332. who has...
  4333.  
  4334. 959
  4335. 01:04:18,521 --> 01:04:20,773
  4336. you know, done some complicated things.
  4337.  
  4338. 960
  4339. 01:04:21,524 --> 01:04:22,608
  4340. Uh...
  4341.  
  4342. 961
  4343. 01:04:23,734 --> 01:04:26,571
  4344. I believe in redemption.
  4345.  
  4346. 962
  4347. 01:04:28,948 --> 01:04:35,371
  4348. Uh, individual redemption
  4349. and collective... uh, social redemption.
  4350.  
  4351. 963
  4352. 01:04:35,454 --> 01:04:39,041
  4353. Uh, I'm an idealist.
  4354. I think we can fix stuff that's broken,
  4355.  
  4356. 964
  4357. 01:04:39,333 --> 01:04:42,962
  4358. uh, and, at the same time,
  4359.  
  4360. 965
  4361. 01:04:43,045 --> 01:04:46,591
  4362. I am a realist about the fact
  4363. that you can't fix everything. Um...
  4364.  
  4365. 966
  4366. 01:04:46,716 --> 01:04:49,176
  4367. You know, some things get broken
  4368. and stay broken.
  4369.  
  4370. 967
  4371. 01:04:54,682 --> 01:04:57,018
  4372. Good morning,
  4373. welcome to this further session
  4374.  
  4375. 968
  4376. 01:04:57,101 --> 01:05:00,104
  4377. of the Digital, Culture,
  4378. Media and Sport Select Committee.
  4379.  
  4380. 969
  4381. 01:05:00,187 --> 01:05:02,773
  4382. Very pleased to welcome Brittany Kaiser
  4383. to give evidence to
  4384.  
  4385. 970
  4386. 01:05:02,857 --> 01:05:04,442
  4387. <i>the committee this morning.</i>
  4388.  
  4389. 971
  4390. 01:05:05,276 --> 01:05:09,739
  4391. Now, there was a contact between Facebook
  4392. and Cambridge Analytica
  4393.  
  4394. 972
  4395. 01:05:09,822 --> 01:05:14,994
  4396. about the use of data in,
  4397. I think it was 2015, from memory.
  4398.  
  4399. 973
  4400. 01:05:15,202 --> 01:05:18,205
  4401. Did you know about that at the time?
  4402.  
  4403. 974
  4404. 01:05:18,414 --> 01:05:21,876
  4405. Uh, so Facebook had announced
  4406. to all of their clients
  4407.  
  4408. 975
  4409. 01:05:21,959 --> 01:05:25,296
  4410. <i>that they were going to close
  4411. their clients' access to this data,</i>
  4412.  
  4413. 976
  4414. 01:05:25,963 --> 01:05:27,673
  4415. <i>so we agreed to delete it,</i>
  4416.  
  4417. 977
  4418. 01:05:27,757 --> 01:05:31,010
  4419. but in March 2016,
  4420.  
  4421. 978
  4422. 01:05:31,093 --> 01:05:33,304
  4423. you know, six or eight weeks after
  4424.  
  4425. 979
  4426. 01:05:33,387 --> 01:05:37,141
  4427. our chief data officer said
  4428. that those data sets were deleted,
  4429.  
  4430. 980
  4431. 01:05:37,224 --> 01:05:40,227
  4432. I have an email from one
  4433. of our senior data scientists
  4434.  
  4435. 981
  4436. 01:05:40,311 --> 01:05:44,941
  4437. that said that we were actually using
  4438. Facebook Like data in our modeling.
  4439.  
  4440. 982
  4441. 01:05:45,024 --> 01:05:46,525
  4442. Ooh.
  4443.  
  4444. 983
  4445. 01:05:46,609 --> 01:05:48,903
  4446. - <i>So that seems strange to me.</i>
  4447. - Uh-oh.
  4448.  
  4449. 984
  4450. 01:05:48,986 --> 01:05:51,131
  4451. <i>If we had deleted
  4452. all of the Facebook data sets,</i>
  4453.  
  4454. 985
  4455. 01:05:51,155 --> 01:05:53,491
  4456. <i>how we were still using that
  4457. for modeling in March.</i>
  4458.  
  4459. 986
  4460. 01:05:54,700 --> 01:05:57,596
  4461. Ms. Kaiser, you seem to have traveled
  4462. a long way from an idealistic intern
  4463.  
  4464. 987
  4465. 01:05:57,620 --> 01:05:59,288
  4466. in Barack Obama's campaign,
  4467.  
  4468. 988
  4469. 01:05:59,372 --> 01:06:03,376
  4470. uh, to working for a company
  4471. that keeps pretty unsavory company,
  4472.  
  4473. 989
  4474. 01:06:03,459 --> 01:06:07,213
  4475. uh, in wishing to make pitches
  4476. to far-right political parties.
  4477.  
  4478. 990
  4479. 01:06:07,296 --> 01:06:09,799
  4480. - Mm-hmm.
  4481. - Didn't that make you uncomfortable?
  4482.  
  4483. 991
  4484. 01:06:09,966 --> 01:06:10,966
  4485. Uh, yes.
  4486.  
  4487. 992
  4488. 01:06:11,717 --> 01:06:15,846
  4489. <i>I would say questioning the ethics of it
  4490. is correct, definitely.</i>
  4491.  
  4492. 993
  4493. 01:06:15,930 --> 01:06:19,892
  4494. But I have been offered introductions
  4495. to clients
  4496.  
  4497. 994
  4498. 01:06:19,976 --> 01:06:21,686
  4499. that I refused to meet with before,
  4500.  
  4501. 995
  4502. 01:06:21,769 --> 01:06:25,940
  4503. um, such as the Alternative for Germany
  4504. and Marine Le Pen's campaign.
  4505.  
  4506. 996
  4507. 01:06:26,023 --> 01:06:29,235
  4508. I refused to even get on a phone call
  4509. with them.
  4510.  
  4511. 997
  4512. 01:06:30,361 --> 01:06:31,696
  4513. But not UKIP?
  4514.  
  4515. 998
  4516. 01:06:31,988 --> 01:06:33,572
  4517. Not UKIP, no.
  4518.  
  4519. 999
  4520. 01:06:35,116 --> 01:06:38,869
  4521. Um, did you appear and give a presentation
  4522. to the launch of Leave. EU?
  4523.  
  4524. 1000
  4525. 01:06:38,953 --> 01:06:40,121
  4526. Yes, I did.
  4527.  
  4528. 1001
  4529. 01:06:40,204 --> 01:06:42,999
  4530. Um, you must've been a bit, um,
  4531. disappointed then
  4532.  
  4533. 1002
  4534. 01:06:43,082 --> 01:06:45,501
  4535. when you subsequently
  4536. didn't do any work for them.
  4537.  
  4538. 1003
  4539. 01:06:45,793 --> 01:06:48,838
  4540. And we didn't do any further work for them
  4541. after that day, yes.
  4542.  
  4543. 1004
  4544. 01:06:48,921 --> 01:06:50,273
  4545. So you had done some work.
  4546.  
  4547. 1005
  4548. 01:06:50,297 --> 01:06:52,633
  4549. What was the nature of the work
  4550. that you had done so far?
  4551.  
  4552. 1006
  4553. 01:06:52,717 --> 01:06:53,968
  4554. We had taken receipt
  4555.  
  4556. 1007
  4557. 01:06:54,051 --> 01:06:57,388
  4558. of UK Independence Party data
  4559. and the survey data.
  4560.  
  4561. 1008
  4562. 01:06:57,471 --> 01:07:03,352
  4563. She's, like, contradicting Nix a lot,
  4564. what he said previously.
  4565.  
  4566. 1009
  4567. 01:07:03,436 --> 01:07:05,956
  4568. So, I think you've been quite clear,
  4569. as far as you're concerned,
  4570.  
  4571. 1010
  4572. 01:07:06,022 --> 01:07:10,026
  4573. you were working on the campaign,
  4574. but just not being paid for it?
  4575.  
  4576. 1011
  4577. 01:07:10,109 --> 01:07:12,069
  4578. - Mm-hmm.
  4579. - You're pretty clear on that.
  4580.  
  4581. 1012
  4582. 01:07:12,862 --> 01:07:14,739
  4583. Just to clarify, for our benefit,
  4584.  
  4585. 1013
  4586. 01:07:14,822 --> 01:07:16,615
  4587. to be effective in this space,
  4588.  
  4589. 1014
  4590. 01:07:16,699 --> 01:07:18,951
  4591. how big a kind of working set do you need
  4592.  
  4593. 1015
  4594. 01:07:19,035 --> 01:07:22,163
  4595. to be able to then
  4596. use that to create the basis
  4597.  
  4598. 1016
  4599. 01:07:22,246 --> 01:07:24,790
  4600. for targeting the whole country
  4601. in terms of voting?
  4602.  
  4603. 1017
  4604. 01:07:25,082 --> 01:07:27,185
  4605. I'm not a data scientist,
  4606. so I wouldn't be able to say
  4607.  
  4608. 1018
  4609. 01:07:27,209 --> 01:07:29,712
  4610. the minimum number
  4611. of data points that you would require,
  4612.  
  4613. 1019
  4614. 01:07:29,795 --> 01:07:32,673
  4615. uh, but I do know
  4616. that their targeting tool
  4617.  
  4618. 1020
  4619. 01:07:32,757 --> 01:07:36,594
  4620. <i>used to be export-controlled
  4621. by the British government,</i>
  4622.  
  4623. 1021
  4624. 01:07:36,677 --> 01:07:39,930
  4625. so that would mean that
  4626. the methodology was considered a weapon.
  4627.  
  4628. 1022
  4629. 01:07:40,598 --> 01:07:43,267
  4630. Um, weapons-grade communications tactics.
  4631.  
  4632. 1023
  4633. 01:07:43,350 --> 01:07:46,896
  4634. What you're saying is that the proposal
  4635. was for Leave. EU to use what you call
  4636.  
  4637. 1024
  4638. 01:07:46,979 --> 01:07:50,858
  4639. weapons-grade communications techniques
  4640. against the UK population?
  4641.  
  4642. 1025
  4643. 01:07:51,942 --> 01:07:53,903
  4644. - <i>Yes, sir.</i>
  4645. - It's crazy.
  4646.  
  4647. 1026
  4648. 01:07:54,236 --> 01:07:56,989
  4649. <i>Uh, I just want to get
  4650. your perspective as well.</i>
  4651.  
  4652. 1027
  4653. 01:07:57,073 --> 01:07:59,158
  4654. What do you actually think
  4655. the legislators should do
  4656.  
  4657. 1028
  4658. 01:07:59,241 --> 01:08:01,368
  4659. in order to better protect people's data?
  4660.  
  4661. 1029
  4662. 01:08:01,911 --> 01:08:05,956
  4663. <i>Well, I'm very glad that
  4664. you asked that. Think about it right now.</i>
  4665.  
  4666. 1030
  4667. 01:08:06,040 --> 01:08:08,459
  4668. <i>The sole worth of Google and Facebook</i>
  4669.  
  4670. 1031
  4671. 01:08:08,542 --> 01:08:12,046
  4672. is the fact that they own, and possess,
  4673. and hold, and use
  4674.  
  4675. 1032
  4676. 01:08:12,129 --> 01:08:14,249
  4677. the personal data
  4678. of people from all around the world.
  4679.  
  4680. 1033
  4681. 01:08:14,965 --> 01:08:17,218
  4682. <i>So I think that the best way
  4683. to move forward</i>
  4684.  
  4685. 1034
  4686. 01:08:17,301 --> 01:08:21,180
  4687. <i>are for people to really possess
  4688. their data like their property.</i>
  4689.  
  4690. 1035
  4691. 01:08:21,847 --> 01:08:23,825
  4692. <i>- Thank you, Chair.
  4693. - Thank you.</i>
  4694.  
  4695. 1036
  4696. 01:08:23,849 --> 01:08:26,602
  4697. Um, I think that concludes the questions
  4698. from us today.
  4699.  
  4700. 1037
  4701. 01:08:26,685 --> 01:08:28,005
  4702. Just before we close the session,
  4703.  
  4704. 1038
  4705. 01:08:28,062 --> 01:08:30,981
  4706. I just have to make a short announcement
  4707. about Alexander Nix.
  4708.  
  4709. 1039
  4710. 01:08:31,065 --> 01:08:34,193
  4711. <i>He's now not able to give evidence
  4712. to the Committee tomorrow</i>
  4713.  
  4714. 1040
  4715. 01:08:34,276 --> 01:08:37,321
  4716. <i>as a consequence of him having been served
  4717. with an information notice</i>
  4718.  
  4719. 1041
  4720. 01:08:37,404 --> 01:08:39,244
  4721. <i>and being subject
  4722. to the criminal investigation</i>
  4723.  
  4724. 1042
  4725. 01:08:39,323 --> 01:08:41,367
  4726. <i>by the Information Commissioner's Office.</i>
  4727.  
  4728. 1043
  4729. 01:08:41,450 --> 01:08:44,036
  4730. <i>And I hope we'll be able to update people</i>
  4731.  
  4732. 1044
  4733. 01:08:44,120 --> 01:08:46,413
  4734. about that early next week.
  4735. Thank you very much.
  4736.  
  4737. 1045
  4738. 01:08:47,081 --> 01:08:48,081
  4739. Thank you.
  4740.  
  4741. 1046
  4742. 01:08:48,749 --> 01:08:49,750
  4743. Shit!
  4744.  
  4745. 1047
  4746. 01:08:51,001 --> 01:08:53,045
  4747. <i>The proceeding has ended.</i>
  4748.  
  4749. 1048
  4750. 01:08:53,129 --> 01:08:54,129
  4751. Yes, it has!
  4752.  
  4753. 1049
  4754. 01:09:11,772 --> 01:09:13,732
  4755. I just got a text from Alexander.
  4756.  
  4757. 1050
  4758. 01:09:15,860 --> 01:09:17,486
  4759. Alexander Nix.
  4760.  
  4761. 1051
  4762. 01:09:20,447 --> 01:09:21,615
  4763. What did he say?
  4764.  
  4765. 1052
  4766. 01:09:22,283 --> 01:09:25,619
  4767. "Well done, Britt.
  4768. Looked quite tough, and you did okay."
  4769.  
  4770. 1053
  4771. 01:09:26,453 --> 01:09:29,540
  4772. With a winky face little emoji.
  4773.  
  4774. 1054
  4775. 01:09:31,167 --> 01:09:33,794
  4776. It makes me kind of sad.
  4777. You know what I mean?
  4778.  
  4779. 1055
  4780. 01:09:33,878 --> 01:09:36,088
  4781. Like, it's not like he spent
  4782. three and a half years
  4783.  
  4784. 1056
  4785. 01:09:36,172 --> 01:09:37,923
  4786. being an asshole to me. He didn't.
  4787.  
  4788. 1057
  4789. 01:09:38,174 --> 01:09:40,443
  4790. He spent three and a half years
  4791. being nice to you
  4792.  
  4793. 1058
  4794. 01:09:40,467 --> 01:09:42,261
  4795. to get you to do what he wanted you to do.
  4796.  
  4797. 1059
  4798. 01:09:42,344 --> 01:09:46,473
  4799. Yeah. But he is rather fun.
  4800.  
  4801. 1060
  4802. 01:09:46,557 --> 01:09:48,243
  4803. I know, I know.
  4804.  
  4805. 1061
  4806. 01:09:48,267 --> 01:09:49,310
  4807. Hey, Justin.
  4808.  
  4809. 1062
  4810. 01:09:49,810 --> 01:09:52,146
  4811. <i>Hey, what's up? What did you think?</i>
  4812.  
  4813. 1063
  4814. 01:09:52,646 --> 01:09:55,441
  4815. I'm processing it.
  4816. There were a lot of revelations.
  4817.  
  4818. 1064
  4819. 01:09:57,484 --> 01:10:00,988
  4820. SCL has to file its defense
  4821. at the end of the month,
  4822.  
  4823. 1065
  4824. 01:10:01,614 --> 01:10:04,200
  4825. so, it'll be really interesting
  4826. to see, like,
  4827.  
  4828. 1066
  4829. 01:10:04,283 --> 01:10:07,328
  4830. what they think they can do,
  4831. especially after this.
  4832.  
  4833. 1067
  4834. 01:10:07,995 --> 01:10:09,205
  4835. <i>That's right.</i>
  4836.  
  4837. 1068
  4838. 01:10:10,206 --> 01:10:11,290
  4839. I mean, shit.
  4840.  
  4841. 1069
  4842. 01:10:11,373 --> 01:10:15,753
  4843. She said that basically psychographics
  4844. should be classified as a weapon.
  4845.  
  4846. 1070
  4847. 01:10:20,216 --> 01:10:23,719
  4848. It seems like Kaiser has
  4849. some moral compass in her.
  4850.  
  4851. 1071
  4852. 01:10:26,805 --> 01:10:30,392
  4853. But, so many times,
  4854. she knew that she was
  4855.  
  4856. 1072
  4857. 01:10:30,476 --> 01:10:32,061
  4858. in a dark world
  4859.  
  4860. 1073
  4861. 01:10:32,353 --> 01:10:33,896
  4862. and didn't step away.
  4863.  
  4864. 1074
  4865. 01:10:33,979 --> 01:10:37,191
  4866. And they... they got... got her on that
  4867. a couple of times.
  4868.  
  4869. 1075
  4870. 01:10:37,274 --> 01:10:38,274
  4871. <i>Yeah.</i>
  4872.  
  4873. 1076
  4874. 01:10:42,154 --> 01:10:45,157
  4875. You did work for a man who,
  4876. upon meeting you,
  4877.  
  4878. 1077
  4879. 01:10:45,241 --> 01:10:46,927
  4880. said to you, you know,
  4881. "Let me get you drunk
  4882.  
  4883. 1078
  4884. 01:10:46,951 --> 01:10:48,452
  4885. and steal your secrets."
  4886.  
  4887. 1079
  4888. 01:10:48,869 --> 01:10:51,789
  4889. You knew the kind of company
  4890. that you were working for.
  4891.  
  4892. 1080
  4893. 01:10:51,997 --> 01:10:54,208
  4894. I don't know. I guess I trusted him.
  4895.  
  4896. 1081
  4897. 01:10:54,500 --> 01:10:56,377
  4898. I worked for him
  4899. for three and a half years.
  4900.  
  4901. 1082
  4902. 01:10:56,460 --> 01:10:59,171
  4903. He was a friend and mentor. I mean...
  4904.  
  4905. 1083
  4906. 01:10:59,463 --> 01:11:01,465
  4907. He actually just sent me a text,
  4908.  
  4909. 1084
  4910. 01:11:01,548 --> 01:11:05,135
  4911. although I haven't spoken to him in,
  4912. I don't know, at least over a month.
  4913.  
  4914. 1085
  4915. 01:11:05,219 --> 01:11:06,696
  4916. So, he was watching you.
  4917.  
  4918. 1086
  4919. 01:11:06,720 --> 01:11:08,720
  4920. - He watched, yes.
  4921. - What did he say?
  4922.  
  4923. 1087
  4924. 01:11:09,056 --> 01:11:12,393
  4925. He said that it looked pretty tough
  4926. but that I did a good job.
  4927.  
  4928. 1088
  4929. 01:11:12,476 --> 01:11:14,520
  4930. - Did you reply?
  4931. - No.
  4932.  
  4933. 1089
  4934. 01:11:14,728 --> 01:11:15,854
  4935. Will you?
  4936.  
  4937. 1090
  4938. 01:11:15,938 --> 01:11:18,482
  4939. No, I don't think that's appropriate
  4940. at this time.
  4941.  
  4942. 1091
  4943. 01:11:18,565 --> 01:11:21,110
  4944. So, there's no friendship there?
  4945.  
  4946. 1092
  4947. 01:11:21,777 --> 01:11:27,658
  4948. Well, I now question, you know,
  4949. how much of a friendship it actually was.
  4950.  
  4951. 1093
  4952. 01:11:49,722 --> 01:11:52,141
  4953. The thing which
  4954. I give Brittany credit for...
  4955.  
  4956. 1094
  4957. 01:11:52,433 --> 01:11:56,520
  4958. it's really amazed me how many people
  4959. are just keeping their mouths shut.
  4960.  
  4961. 1095
  4962. 01:12:01,066 --> 01:12:03,485
  4963. I mean, it was a jaw-dropping moment
  4964.  
  4965. 1096
  4966. 01:12:03,569 --> 01:12:08,866
  4967. when Brittany said these are classified
  4968. as weapons-grade technology.
  4969.  
  4970. 1097
  4971. 01:12:09,199 --> 01:12:11,994
  4972. And it was actually illegal to use those
  4973.  
  4974. 1098
  4975. 01:12:12,077 --> 01:12:14,455
  4976. without the permission
  4977. of the British government.
  4978.  
  4979. 1099
  4980. 01:12:18,125 --> 01:12:19,710
  4981. It's psyops.
  4982.  
  4983. 1100
  4984. 01:12:20,961 --> 01:12:24,214
  4985. Psyops is psychological operations.
  4986.  
  4987. 1101
  4988. 01:12:24,298 --> 01:12:27,801
  4989. And it's a...
  4990. it's a term that the military uses
  4991.  
  4992. 1102
  4993. 01:12:27,885 --> 01:12:32,348
  4994. to describe what you do in warfare
  4995. which isn't warfare.
  4996.  
  4997. 1103
  4998. 01:12:32,431 --> 01:12:34,350
  4999. So, essentially, you know,
  5000.  
  5001. 1104
  5002. 01:12:34,433 --> 01:12:36,602
  5003. in a place like Afghanistan,
  5004. you've got a choice.
  5005.  
  5006. 1105
  5007. 01:12:36,685 --> 01:12:38,562
  5008. You either bomb the shit out of a village
  5009.  
  5010. 1106
  5011. 01:12:38,854 --> 01:12:41,398
  5012. or you try and use other techniques
  5013.  
  5014. 1107
  5015. 01:12:41,482 --> 01:12:44,943
  5016. to persuade them that actually,
  5017. "The Taliban's not very good,
  5018.  
  5019. 1108
  5020. 01:12:45,027 --> 01:12:46,862
  5021. and you'd be much better off
  5022. without them."
  5023.  
  5024. 1109
  5025. 01:12:51,033 --> 01:12:54,203
  5026. SCL started out as a military contractor.
  5027.  
  5028. 1110
  5029. 01:12:54,286 --> 01:12:55,454
  5030. SCL Defense.
  5031.  
  5032. 1111
  5033. 01:12:57,498 --> 01:13:00,417
  5034. <i>We have a fairly substantial
  5035. defense business.</i>
  5036.  
  5037. 1112
  5038. 01:13:01,627 --> 01:13:03,837
  5039. <i>We actually train the British Army,
  5040. the British Navy,</i>
  5041.  
  5042. 1113
  5043. 01:13:03,921 --> 01:13:05,464
  5044. <i>the U.S. Army, U.S. Special Forces.</i>
  5045.  
  5046. 1114
  5047. 01:13:05,547 --> 01:13:09,009
  5048. <i>We train NATO, the CIA,
  5049. State Department, Pentagon.</i>
  5050.  
  5051. 1115
  5052. 01:13:09,718 --> 01:13:15,099
  5053. <i>It's using research to influence behavior
  5054. of hostile audiences.</i>
  5055.  
  5056. 1116
  5057. 01:13:15,766 --> 01:13:20,646
  5058. <i>You know, how do you persuade
  5059. 14-to 30-year-old Muslim boys</i>
  5060.  
  5061. 1117
  5062. 01:13:20,729 --> 01:13:22,356
  5063. <i>not to join Al-Qaeda?</i>
  5064.  
  5065. 1118
  5066. 01:13:23,440 --> 01:13:24,942
  5067. <i>Essentially communication warfare.</i>
  5068.  
  5069. 1119
  5070. 01:13:25,025 --> 01:13:26,985
  5071. - Allahu Akbar!
  5072. - Allahu Akbar!
  5073.  
  5074. 1120
  5075. 01:13:27,486 --> 01:13:30,948
  5076. They'd worked
  5077. in Afghanistan, they'd worked in Iraq,
  5078.  
  5079. 1121
  5080. 01:13:31,031 --> 01:13:34,576
  5081. they'd worked in various places
  5082. in Eastern Europe.
  5083.  
  5084. 1122
  5085. 01:13:34,993 --> 01:13:37,663
  5086. But the real game changer
  5087.  
  5088. 1123
  5089. 01:13:37,746 --> 01:13:42,918
  5090. was they started using information warfare
  5091. in elections.
  5092.  
  5093. 1124
  5094. 01:13:44,044 --> 01:13:47,714
  5095. <i>There's a lot of overlap,
  5096. because it's all the same methodology.</i>
  5097.  
  5098. 1125
  5099. 01:13:50,843 --> 01:13:55,139
  5100. All of the campaigns
  5101. which Cambridge Analytica/SCL did
  5102.  
  5103. 1126
  5104. 01:13:55,222 --> 01:13:57,599
  5105. for the developing world,
  5106.  
  5107. 1127
  5108. 01:13:57,808 --> 01:14:02,020
  5109. it was all about practicing
  5110. some new technology or trick.
  5111.  
  5112. 1128
  5113. 01:14:02,354 --> 01:14:04,106
  5114. How to persuade people,
  5115.  
  5116. 1129
  5117. 01:14:04,189 --> 01:14:07,943
  5118. how to suppress turnout,
  5119. or how to increase turnout.
  5120.  
  5121. 1130
  5122. 01:14:10,654 --> 01:14:11,654
  5123. And then it's like,
  5124.  
  5125. 1131
  5126. 01:14:11,697 --> 01:14:15,075
  5127. "Okay, now we've got the hang of it,
  5128. let's use it in Britain and America."
  5129.  
  5130. 1132
  5131. 01:14:42,269 --> 01:14:43,269
  5132. Yes.
  5133.  
  5134. 1133
  5135. 01:15:19,306 --> 01:15:22,643
  5136. ...and expands, but with no branding,
  5137.  
  5138. 1134
  5139. 01:15:22,893 --> 01:15:25,646
  5140. so it's unattributable, untrackable.
  5141.  
  5142. 1135
  5143. 01:15:26,396 --> 01:15:28,565
  5144. And my view...
  5145.  
  5146. 1136
  5147. 01:15:29,441 --> 01:15:32,569
  5148. <i>is that if you can't run your own house,</i>
  5149.  
  5150. 1137
  5151. 01:15:32,778 --> 01:15:35,447
  5152. <i>you certainly can't run the White House.</i>
  5153.  
  5154. 1138
  5155. 01:15:35,531 --> 01:15:36,990
  5156. <i>Can't do it.</i>
  5157.  
  5158. 1139
  5159. 01:15:38,158 --> 01:15:41,620
  5160. <i>Crooked Hillary, right? Crooked.
  5161. She's crooked as you can be.</i>
  5162.  
  5163. 1140
  5164. 01:15:41,703 --> 01:15:43,413
  5165. Lock her up! Lock her up!
  5166.  
  5167. 1141
  5168. 01:15:43,497 --> 01:15:45,415
  5169. Yep, that's right, lock her up!
  5170.  
  5171. 1142
  5172. 01:15:45,499 --> 01:15:47,251
  5173. Lock her up! Lock her up!
  5174.  
  5175. 1143
  5176. 01:15:47,584 --> 01:15:49,920
  5177. Lock her up! Lock her up!
  5178.  
  5179. 1144
  5180. 01:15:51,922 --> 01:15:54,424
  5181. Let's defeat her in November.
  5182.  
  5183. 1145
  5184. 01:16:08,105 --> 01:16:10,482
  5185. What was it like for you to watch
  5186.  
  5187. 1146
  5188. 01:16:10,566 --> 01:16:12,526
  5189. the Channel 4 undercover video?
  5190.  
  5191. 1147
  5192. 01:16:14,069 --> 01:16:15,612
  5193. Nobody recognized it.
  5194.  
  5195. 1148
  5196. 01:16:18,407 --> 01:16:20,701
  5197. When we watched that video...
  5198.  
  5199. 1149
  5200. 01:16:21,118 --> 01:16:25,872
  5201. I watched it in the New York office
  5202. with, um, all the staff there.
  5203.  
  5204. 1150
  5205. 01:16:25,956 --> 01:16:27,791
  5206. And we knew it was coming out.
  5207.  
  5208. 1151
  5209. 01:16:28,000 --> 01:16:30,377
  5210. And I think everybody was...
  5211.  
  5212. 1152
  5213. 01:16:31,962 --> 01:16:33,255
  5214. in a state of shock.
  5215.  
  5216. 1153
  5217. 01:16:35,424 --> 01:16:40,095
  5218. Everybody walked away from the screen
  5219. in silence back to their desks.
  5220.  
  5221. 1154
  5222. 01:16:47,978 --> 01:16:51,398
  5223. <i>Tonight, an undercover
  5224. interview by </i>Channel 4 News<i> in London</i>
  5225.  
  5226. 1155
  5227. 01:16:51,481 --> 01:16:52,983
  5228. <i>shows Cambridge executives,</i>
  5229.  
  5230. 1156
  5231. 01:16:53,066 --> 01:16:55,485
  5232. <i>including CEO Alexander Nix,</i>
  5233.  
  5234. 1157
  5235. 01:16:55,569 --> 01:16:58,030
  5236. <i>boasting about the company's role
  5237. in Trump's win.</i>
  5238.  
  5239. 1158
  5240. 01:16:58,488 --> 01:17:01,533
  5241. <i>This series of undercover interviews
  5242. by </i>Channel 4 News
  5243.  
  5244. 1159
  5245. 01:17:01,617 --> 01:17:03,076
  5246. <i>also caught Nix on tape</i>
  5247.  
  5248. 1160
  5249. 01:17:03,160 --> 01:17:06,038
  5250. <i>talking about potential bribery
  5251. and entrapment.</i>
  5252.  
  5253. 1161
  5254. 01:17:08,832 --> 01:17:10,334
  5255. I don't understand.
  5256.  
  5257. 1162
  5258. 01:17:14,588 --> 01:17:16,798
  5259. Mr. Nix, can I ask you
  5260. what your message is
  5261.  
  5262. 1163
  5263. 01:17:16,882 --> 01:17:19,217
  5264. to Cambridge Analytica employees today?
  5265.  
  5266. 1164
  5267. 01:17:22,220 --> 01:17:24,780
  5268. <i>We've just got a statement
  5269. from Cambridge Analytica.</i>
  5270.  
  5271. 1165
  5272. 01:17:25,932 --> 01:17:29,686
  5273. <i>Alexander Nix has been suspended
  5274. with immediate effect.</i>
  5275.  
  5276. 1166
  5277. 01:17:29,770 --> 01:17:34,066
  5278. The company accused of harvesting the data
  5279. of more than 87 million Facebook users
  5280.  
  5281. 1167
  5282. 01:17:34,149 --> 01:17:35,484
  5283. says it is shutting down.
  5284.  
  5285. 1168
  5286. 01:17:35,817 --> 01:17:40,489
  5287. The company says it intends to file
  5288. for bankruptcy in the US and the UK.
  5289.  
  5290. 1169
  5291. 01:17:42,324 --> 01:17:44,576
  5292. <i>Critics believe Cambridge Analytica</i>
  5293.  
  5294. 1170
  5295. 01:17:44,660 --> 01:17:47,496
  5296. <i>and SCL Elections
  5297. may be shutting operations</i>
  5298.  
  5299. 1171
  5300. 01:17:47,579 --> 01:17:51,583
  5301. <i>to limit or restrict the ability
  5302. of the authority's investigations</i>
  5303.  
  5304. 1172
  5305. 01:17:51,667 --> 01:17:53,794
  5306. <i>and also to get rid of evidence.</i>
  5307.  
  5308. 1173
  5309. 01:18:02,678 --> 01:18:04,364
  5310. The Cambridge Analytica scandal,
  5311.  
  5312. 1174
  5313. 01:18:04,388 --> 01:18:05,972
  5314. is it now the Facebook scandal?
  5315.  
  5316. 1175
  5317. 01:18:08,100 --> 01:18:10,185
  5318. I mean, this is not about one company.
  5319.  
  5320. 1176
  5321. 01:18:11,436 --> 01:18:16,608
  5322. This technology is going on unabated
  5323. and will continue to go on.
  5324.  
  5325. 1177
  5326. 01:18:17,943 --> 01:18:19,653
  5327. But Cambridge Analytica's gone.
  5328.  
  5329. 1178
  5330. 01:18:20,696 --> 01:18:23,532
  5331. In some senses, I feel that, um...
  5332.  
  5333. 1179
  5334. 01:18:25,867 --> 01:18:30,038
  5335. that because of the way
  5336. that this technology is moving so fast,
  5337.  
  5338. 1180
  5339. 01:18:30,414 --> 01:18:34,710
  5340. and because people
  5341. don't really understand it,
  5342.  
  5343. 1181
  5344. 01:18:34,793 --> 01:18:37,170
  5345. and because there's a lot of concerns
  5346. about it,
  5347.  
  5348. 1182
  5349. 01:18:37,254 --> 01:18:40,215
  5350. there was always going to be
  5351. a Cambridge Analytica.
  5352.  
  5353. 1183
  5354. 01:18:40,632 --> 01:18:43,218
  5355. It just sucks for me
  5356. it was Cambridge Analytica.
  5357.  
  5358. 1184
  5359. 01:18:55,814 --> 01:18:57,733
  5360. After we dealt with the threats
  5361.  
  5362. 1185
  5363. 01:18:57,816 --> 01:19:00,527
  5364. from Cambridge Analytica
  5365. over the course of a year,
  5366.  
  5367. 1186
  5368. 01:19:01,027 --> 01:19:03,363
  5369. then the thing which made
  5370. our heads explode
  5371.  
  5372. 1187
  5373. 01:19:03,447 --> 01:19:06,283
  5374. was the day before publication,
  5375. when we got a letter from Facebook.
  5376.  
  5377. 1188
  5378. 01:19:06,992 --> 01:19:10,245
  5379. Yeah, it felt like an attempt
  5380. to... to cow us into submission.
  5381.  
  5382. 1189
  5383. 01:19:10,328 --> 01:19:11,747
  5384. It didn't feel like a sort of...
  5385.  
  5386. 1190
  5387. 01:19:11,830 --> 01:19:14,499
  5388. To me, it didn't feel like
  5389. a legitimate response...
  5390.  
  5391. 1191
  5392. 01:19:14,583 --> 01:19:18,462
  5393. And you sort of go, you know,
  5394. why is a great, big organization like you
  5395.  
  5396. 1192
  5397. 01:19:18,545 --> 01:19:20,130
  5398. using UK lawyers?
  5399.  
  5400. 1193
  5401. 01:19:20,213 --> 01:19:22,382
  5402. And again, a very aggressive threat
  5403.  
  5404. 1194
  5405. 01:19:22,466 --> 01:19:24,318
  5406. for which, actually, they then...
  5407. Didn't they apologize?
  5408.  
  5409. 1195
  5410. 01:19:24,342 --> 01:19:26,178
  5411. Yes,
  5412. they said it was not their finest hour.
  5413.  
  5414. 1196
  5415. 01:19:26,261 --> 01:19:27,888
  5416. Yeah.
  5417.  
  5418. 1197
  5419. 01:19:27,971 --> 01:19:29,473
  5420. And up until that point,
  5421.  
  5422. 1198
  5423. 01:19:29,556 --> 01:19:31,808
  5424. it was like the tech giants were still,
  5425. like,
  5426.  
  5427. 1199
  5428. 01:19:31,892 --> 01:19:33,727
  5429. the nice guys who wear hoodies,
  5430.  
  5431. 1200
  5432. 01:19:33,810 --> 01:19:35,562
  5433. - who connected the world.
  5434. - Yep.
  5435.  
  5436. 1201
  5437. 01:19:35,645 --> 01:19:37,898
  5438. And there was a shift away
  5439.  
  5440. 1202
  5441. 01:19:37,981 --> 01:19:39,983
  5442. from big tech being good
  5443.  
  5444. 1203
  5445. 01:19:40,066 --> 01:19:43,945
  5446. to saying well, actually,
  5447. we do need to start asking questions
  5448.  
  5449. 1204
  5450. 01:19:44,029 --> 01:19:46,364
  5451. about this and what it is.
  5452.  
  5453. 1205
  5454. 01:19:50,243 --> 01:19:52,245
  5455. Cambridge Analytica is gone,
  5456.  
  5457. 1206
  5458. 01:19:52,829 --> 01:19:58,502
  5459. but it's really important to understand
  5460. that the Cambridge Analytica story
  5461.  
  5462. 1207
  5463. 01:19:58,668 --> 01:20:02,923
  5464. actually points to this much bigger,
  5465. more worrying story
  5466.  
  5467. 1208
  5468. 01:20:03,757 --> 01:20:08,637
  5469. which is that our personal data
  5470. is out there and being used against us
  5471.  
  5472. 1209
  5473. 01:20:08,720 --> 01:20:10,931
  5474. in ways we don't understand.
  5475.  
  5476. 1210
  5477. 01:20:14,643 --> 01:20:16,520
  5478. And if David gets his data back,
  5479.  
  5480. 1211
  5481. 01:20:16,812 --> 01:20:19,856
  5482. we can hopefully start
  5483. getting some answers.
  5484.  
  5485. 1212
  5486. 01:20:22,734 --> 01:20:26,780
  5487. The deadline is today for SCL
  5488. to comply with the law
  5489.  
  5490. 1213
  5491. 01:20:26,863 --> 01:20:28,615
  5492. and give me my data.
  5493.  
  5494. 1214
  5495. 01:20:30,659 --> 01:20:35,497
  5496. We're at the precipice of evasion
  5497. or accountability.
  5498.  
  5499. 1215
  5500. 01:20:38,583 --> 01:20:40,210
  5501. Carole tweeted,
  5502.  
  5503. 1216
  5504. 01:20:40,293 --> 01:20:43,421
  5505. "Prof. Carroll also giving evidence
  5506. to European Parliament today
  5507.  
  5508. 1217
  5509. 01:20:43,505 --> 01:20:47,634
  5510. on day of deadline for Cambridge Analytica
  5511. to turn over his data to him.
  5512.  
  5513. 1218
  5514. 01:20:47,717 --> 01:20:51,388
  5515. If it fails to do so, it becomes
  5516. a matter for criminal proceedings."
  5517.  
  5518. 1219
  5519. 01:20:55,934 --> 01:20:58,728
  5520. "Hey Ravi, have you heard anything?"
  5521.  
  5522. 1220
  5523. 01:21:00,272 --> 01:21:01,356
  5524. "Not yet."
  5525.  
  5526. 1221
  5527. 01:21:07,445 --> 01:21:11,783
  5528. I've been waiting to hear from my lawyer,
  5529. and we have heard nothing.
  5530.  
  5531. 1222
  5532. 01:21:11,867 --> 01:21:14,244
  5533. And so they have not respected
  5534. the regulator.
  5535.  
  5536. 1223
  5537. 01:21:14,327 --> 01:21:16,788
  5538. They are not respecting the law.
  5539.  
  5540. 1224
  5541. 01:21:17,372 --> 01:21:19,666
  5542. So now that this is becoming
  5543. a criminal matter,
  5544.  
  5545. 1225
  5546. 01:21:19,749 --> 01:21:21,626
  5547. we are now in uncharted waters.
  5548.  
  5549. 1226
  5550. 01:21:22,711 --> 01:21:26,298
  5551. And I will continue to pursue it
  5552.  
  5553. 1227
  5554. 01:21:26,381 --> 01:21:30,051
  5555. because their model has the potential
  5556. to affect a population
  5557.  
  5558. 1228
  5559. 01:21:30,135 --> 01:21:32,596
  5560. even if it's just a tiny slice
  5561. of the population,
  5562.  
  5563. 1229
  5564. 01:21:32,679 --> 01:21:34,264
  5565. because in the United States,
  5566.  
  5567. 1230
  5568. 01:21:34,347 --> 01:21:39,436
  5569. only about 70,000 voters in three states
  5570. decided the election.
  5571.  
  5572. 1231
  5573. 01:21:42,188 --> 01:21:45,275
  5574. Thank you very much,
  5575. um, Professor Carroll. Um...
  5576.  
  5577. 1232
  5578. 01:21:45,609 --> 01:21:46,818
  5579. Mr. Batten.
  5580.  
  5581. 1233
  5582. 01:21:47,277 --> 01:21:51,281
  5583. My question is
  5584. for Carole Cadwalladr from <i>The Guardian.</i>
  5585.  
  5586. 1234
  5587. 01:21:51,364 --> 01:21:56,077
  5588. Is <i>The Guardian's</i> stand
  5589. on this a purely politically partisan one
  5590.  
  5591. 1235
  5592. 01:21:56,161 --> 01:22:00,040
  5593. in its own intention to assist
  5594. in any way that it can
  5595.  
  5596. 1236
  5597. 01:22:00,123 --> 01:22:03,251
  5598. to reverse and overturn
  5599. the result of the referendum?
  5600.  
  5601. 1237
  5602. 01:22:05,420 --> 01:22:10,258
  5603. This is not a partisan issue,
  5604. I cannot say that more strongly.
  5605.  
  5606. 1238
  5607. 01:22:10,342 --> 01:22:14,304
  5608. This is about the integrity
  5609. of our democracy.
  5610.  
  5611. 1239
  5612. 01:22:14,387 --> 01:22:17,057
  5613. It's about our national sovereignty.
  5614.  
  5615. 1240
  5616. 01:22:17,599 --> 01:22:21,061
  5617. And I would think that you would have
  5618. an interest in that also.
  5619.  
  5620. 1241
  5621. 01:22:24,147 --> 01:22:28,234
  5622. I think that we desperately need
  5623. more information,
  5624.  
  5625. 1242
  5626. 01:22:28,652 --> 01:22:31,154
  5627. because we don't how people were targeted
  5628.  
  5629. 1243
  5630. 01:22:31,237 --> 01:22:33,782
  5631. and we don't know what data
  5632. that was based upon.
  5633.  
  5634. 1244
  5635. 01:22:34,157 --> 01:22:40,956
  5636. One thing we do know is that Facebook
  5637. has been obstructive in its efforts
  5638.  
  5639. 1245
  5640. 01:22:41,039 --> 01:22:43,708
  5641. to help the British Parliament
  5642. investigate this matter.
  5643.  
  5644. 1246
  5645. 01:22:44,084 --> 01:22:48,755
  5646. Uh, really, really, really,
  5647. you've got to, like, look higher
  5648.  
  5649. 1247
  5650. 01:22:48,838 --> 01:22:50,966
  5651. and really see the bigger issue here
  5652.  
  5653. 1248
  5654. 01:22:51,049 --> 01:22:53,635
  5655. and the bigger picture
  5656. and the bigger risks to us all.
  5657.  
  5658. 1249
  5659. 01:23:04,771 --> 01:23:07,983
  5660. <i>Roger, even if, uh, Facebook
  5661. hasn't broken any laws,</i>
  5662.  
  5663. 1250
  5664. 01:23:08,066 --> 01:23:12,320
  5665. <i>have they broken a sort of moral trust
  5666. that they have with their consumers?</i>
  5667.  
  5668. 1251
  5669. 01:23:12,404 --> 01:23:14,197
  5670. Well, I... They have with me.
  5671.  
  5672. 1252
  5673. 01:23:14,280 --> 01:23:18,743
  5674. I mean, I spent three months,
  5675. starting in October 2016, trying to say,
  5676.  
  5677. 1253
  5678. 01:23:18,827 --> 01:23:22,455
  5679. "Guys, I think you're killing democracy,
  5680. and you're gonna kill your business."
  5681.  
  5682. 1254
  5683. 01:23:22,539 --> 01:23:24,833
  5684. - Hi, how are you? I'm Roger.
  5685. - Hi, how are you?
  5686.  
  5687. 1255
  5688. 01:23:24,916 --> 01:23:26,811
  5689. - Pleasure to meet you.
  5690. - Pleasure to meet you.
  5691.  
  5692. 1256
  5693. 01:23:26,835 --> 01:23:31,131
  5694. Facebook is designed
  5695. to monopolize attention.
  5696.  
  5697. 1257
  5698. 01:23:31,589 --> 01:23:34,509
  5699. Just taking all of the basic tricks
  5700. of propaganda,
  5701.  
  5702. 1258
  5703. 01:23:34,592 --> 01:23:37,053
  5704. marrying them to the tricks
  5705. of casino gambling.
  5706.  
  5707. 1259
  5708. 01:23:37,137 --> 01:23:39,014
  5709. You know, slot machines and the like.
  5710.  
  5711. 1260
  5712. 01:23:39,264 --> 01:23:43,977
  5713. And basically playing on instincts,
  5714.  
  5715. 1261
  5716. 01:23:44,394 --> 01:23:47,772
  5717. and fear and anger are the two
  5718. most dependable ways of doing that.
  5719.  
  5720. 1262
  5721. 01:23:47,897 --> 01:23:50,483
  5722. And so, they created a set of tools
  5723.  
  5724. 1263
  5725. 01:23:50,567 --> 01:23:56,197
  5726. to allow advertisers to exploit
  5727. that emotional audience
  5728.  
  5729. 1264
  5730. 01:23:57,073 --> 01:24:00,368
  5731. with individual-level targeting, right?
  5732.  
  5733. 1265
  5734. 01:24:00,452 --> 01:24:05,623
  5735. There's 2.1 billion people,
  5736. each with their own reality.
  5737.  
  5738. 1266
  5739. 01:24:05,915 --> 01:24:08,251
  5740. And once everybody has their own reality,
  5741.  
  5742. 1267
  5743. 01:24:08,334 --> 01:24:11,463
  5744. - it's relatively easy to manipulate them.
  5745. - Mmm. Yeah.
  5746.  
  5747. 1268
  5748. 01:24:11,546 --> 01:24:16,926
  5749. And the other thing about this is,
  5750. they know that it's killing me...
  5751.  
  5752. 1269
  5753. 01:24:17,218 --> 01:24:18,678
  5754. - Yeah.
  5755. - ...to be critical
  5756.  
  5757. 1270
  5758. 01:24:18,762 --> 01:24:20,597
  5759. of what I've viewed as my baby.
  5760.  
  5761. 1271
  5762. 01:24:20,680 --> 01:24:24,809
  5763. It is a lot easier to just sort of say,
  5764. "I'm not gonna think about it."
  5765.  
  5766. 1272
  5767. 01:24:24,893 --> 01:24:25,893
  5768. Yes.
  5769.  
  5770. 1273
  5771. 01:24:25,977 --> 01:24:27,645
  5772. - But...
  5773. - Yeah.
  5774.  
  5775. 1274
  5776. 01:24:28,229 --> 01:24:31,191
  5777. ...you get tested in your life
  5778. a few times, right? And...
  5779.  
  5780. 1275
  5781. 01:24:31,483 --> 01:24:33,151
  5782. for me, this was one of those moments.
  5783.  
  5784. 1276
  5785. 01:24:33,234 --> 01:24:35,004
  5786. I was either gonna stand up
  5787. and do something about this,
  5788.  
  5789. 1277
  5790. 01:24:35,028 --> 01:24:37,781
  5791. or I wasn't gonna stand up
  5792. and do anything about anything. Right?
  5793.  
  5794. 1278
  5795. 01:24:37,864 --> 01:24:40,533
  5796. Because my fingerprints are on this thing.
  5797.  
  5798. 1279
  5799. 01:24:41,034 --> 01:24:43,495
  5800. - I know.
  5801. - I mean, I felt really guilty.
  5802.  
  5803. 1280
  5804. 01:24:44,621 --> 01:24:47,332
  5805. And I just want to be able to...
  5806.  
  5807. 1281
  5808. 01:24:48,458 --> 01:24:49,876
  5809. sleep at night.
  5810.  
  5811. 1282
  5812. 01:25:09,354 --> 01:25:12,774
  5813. One of the things
  5814. that I was really struck by was...
  5815.  
  5816. 1283
  5817. 01:25:13,066 --> 01:25:15,318
  5818. what happened with you
  5819.  
  5820. 1284
  5821. 01:25:15,401 --> 01:25:17,487
  5822. and the Obama people
  5823. and the Hillary people.
  5824.  
  5825. 1285
  5826. 01:25:18,863 --> 01:25:22,325
  5827. Uh, none of them ever wanted
  5828. to offer to pay me.
  5829.  
  5830. 1286
  5831. 01:25:23,493 --> 01:25:27,497
  5832. And, um,
  5833. when your family loses all their money
  5834.  
  5835. 1287
  5836. 01:25:27,580 --> 01:25:30,375
  5837. and loses their family home
  5838.  
  5839. 1288
  5840. 01:25:30,458 --> 01:25:33,002
  5841. and your father,
  5842. who's the main breadwinner,
  5843.  
  5844. 1289
  5845. 01:25:33,086 --> 01:25:35,588
  5846. has brain surgery
  5847. and can never work again,
  5848.  
  5849. 1290
  5850. 01:25:36,214 --> 01:25:38,925
  5851. you have to work for people that pay you.
  5852.  
  5853. 1291
  5854. 01:25:42,303 --> 01:25:45,265
  5855. Your family lost their money in 2008?
  5856.  
  5857. 1292
  5858. 01:25:45,682 --> 01:25:49,519
  5859. Um, yeah, but it took a while
  5860. for it all to really fall apart.
  5861.  
  5862. 1293
  5863. 01:25:49,602 --> 01:25:50,854
  5864. - Yeah.
  5865. - Um...
  5866.  
  5867. 1294
  5868. 01:25:52,147 --> 01:25:57,026
  5869. We lost our family home in 2014,
  5870. when I started working for Cambridge.
  5871.  
  5872. 1295
  5873. 01:26:09,497 --> 01:26:12,375
  5874. <i>Alexander Nix appears
  5875. before Parliament's Media Committee</i>
  5876.  
  5877. 1296
  5878. 01:26:12,458 --> 01:26:14,460
  5879. <i>after previously refusing to testify</i>
  5880.  
  5881. 1297
  5882. 01:26:14,544 --> 01:26:17,338
  5883. <i>due to law enforcement investigations
  5884. into the firm.</i>
  5885.  
  5886. 1298
  5887. 01:26:22,343 --> 01:26:23,887
  5888. - Hi, Jo, how are you?
  5889. - Hello.
  5890.  
  5891. 1299
  5892. 01:26:27,223 --> 01:26:29,058
  5893. <i>The last time I was in London,</i>
  5894.  
  5895. 1300
  5896. 01:26:29,142 --> 01:26:33,188
  5897. <i>I remember considering challenging SCL</i>
  5898.  
  5899. 1301
  5900. 01:26:34,522 --> 01:26:38,651
  5901. <i>and running through my head, like,
  5902. how scary it was.</i>
  5903.  
  5904. 1302
  5905. 01:26:40,195 --> 01:26:42,572
  5906. The Committee's very grateful, uh,
  5907. to Alexander Nix
  5908.  
  5909. 1303
  5910. 01:26:42,655 --> 01:26:45,408
  5911. for agreeing to come back
  5912. in front of the committee today
  5913.  
  5914. 1304
  5915. 01:26:45,491 --> 01:26:47,243
  5916. to answer our questions...
  5917.  
  5918. 1305
  5919. 01:26:47,327 --> 01:26:49,120
  5920. <i>Now, to be back here and, uh...</i>
  5921.  
  5922. 1306
  5923. 01:26:49,204 --> 01:26:52,457
  5924. <i>these guys are down for the count and...</i>
  5925.  
  5926. 1307
  5927. 01:26:52,540 --> 01:26:54,876
  5928. <i>the villain is up against the wall.</i>
  5929.  
  5930. 1308
  5931. 01:26:56,336 --> 01:26:59,505
  5932. <i>You know,
  5933. does he have any allies left in the world</i>
  5934.  
  5935. 1309
  5936. 01:27:00,298 --> 01:27:02,634
  5937. <i>or has everybody turned against him?</i>
  5938.  
  5939. 1310
  5940. 01:27:04,385 --> 01:27:05,720
  5941. Right.
  5942.  
  5943. 1311
  5944. 01:27:06,763 --> 01:27:09,849
  5945. I'd like to make
  5946. a few short clarifications.
  5947.  
  5948. 1312
  5949. 01:27:09,933 --> 01:27:12,560
  5950. Um, these will only take a few minutes,
  5951.  
  5952. 1313
  5953. 01:27:12,644 --> 01:27:17,273
  5954. uh, but it is important
  5955. to be able to frame, uh, my answers.
  5956.  
  5957. 1314
  5958. 01:27:17,357 --> 01:27:18,358
  5959. He's so nervous.
  5960.  
  5961. 1315
  5962. 01:27:18,441 --> 01:27:20,461
  5963. Mr. Nix, I'd be grateful if you'd start
  5964. with the committee's questions
  5965.  
  5966. 1316
  5967. 01:27:20,485 --> 01:27:22,087
  5968. and then see how we go
  5969. through the hearing.
  5970.  
  5971. 1317
  5972. 01:27:22,111 --> 01:27:26,449
  5973. Ordinarily, uh, I would respect that,
  5974. but these aren't ordinary circumstances,
  5975.  
  5976. 1318
  5977. 01:27:26,532 --> 01:27:30,203
  5978. and so, if I may, I'd like to start
  5979. with a very brief statement
  5980.  
  5981. 1319
  5982. 01:27:30,286 --> 01:27:31,663
  5983. just to set out my position.
  5984.  
  5985. 1320
  5986. 01:27:31,746 --> 01:27:34,332
  5987. I would rather take this
  5988. on a question by question basis
  5989.  
  5990. 1321
  5991. 01:27:34,415 --> 01:27:37,126
  5992. rather than being dealt with
  5993. as a statement at the beginning.
  5994.  
  5995. 1322
  5996. 01:27:37,377 --> 01:27:39,587
  5997. Mr. Collins,
  5998. you'll have plenty of opportunity,
  5999.  
  6000. 1323
  6001. 01:27:39,671 --> 01:27:43,174
  6002. as will all the Committee,
  6003. to ask me as many questions as you want,
  6004.  
  6005. 1324
  6006. 01:27:43,258 --> 01:27:45,134
  6007. but I have to insist on...
  6008.  
  6009. 1325
  6010. 01:27:45,218 --> 01:27:48,614
  6011. - How could you possibly start like that...
  6012. <i>- It's not your place to insist.</i>
  6013.  
  6014. 1326
  6015. 01:27:48,638 --> 01:27:51,724
  6016. "I accept that some of my answers
  6017. could have been clearer..."
  6018.  
  6019. 1327
  6020. 01:27:51,808 --> 01:27:54,560
  6021. So, instead,
  6022. you're just reading out the statement.
  6023.  
  6024. 1328
  6025. 01:27:54,644 --> 01:27:58,189
  6026. <i>- Can you answer the first question...</i>
  6027. - Why is he doing that?
  6028.  
  6029. 1329
  6030. 01:27:59,816 --> 01:28:02,456
  6031. - Could you repeat your first question?
  6032. - Yes, thank you.
  6033.  
  6034. 1330
  6035. 01:28:02,527 --> 01:28:05,238
  6036. <i>You did pitch to work on the Referendum,</i>
  6037.  
  6038. 1331
  6039. 01:28:05,321 --> 01:28:09,284
  6040. <i>and I don't want to dwell on Leave. EU
  6041. because you've made your position clear.</i>
  6042.  
  6043. 1332
  6044. 01:28:09,534 --> 01:28:12,912
  6045. We're really scratching around here,
  6046. Mr. Farrelly. Um...
  6047.  
  6048. 1333
  6049. 01:28:13,329 --> 01:28:17,417
  6050. We've been working, or I've been working
  6051. with this company for 15 years. Um...
  6052.  
  6053. 1334
  6054. 01:28:17,500 --> 01:28:20,086
  6055. <i>We've never undertaken an election
  6056. in the UK.</i>
  6057.  
  6058. 1335
  6059. 01:28:20,253 --> 01:28:21,462
  6060. <i>Well, I was...</i>
  6061.  
  6062. 1336
  6063. 01:28:21,546 --> 01:28:23,732
  6064. <i>- I hope I wasn't scratching around.
  6065. - </i>That is not true.
  6066.  
  6067. 1337
  6068. 01:28:23,756 --> 01:28:26,759
  6069. <i>I was comparing what you told us
  6070. with the evidence</i>
  6071.  
  6072. 1338
  6073. 01:28:26,843 --> 01:28:28,344
  6074. <i>that's subsequently emerged,</i>
  6075.  
  6076. 1339
  6077. 01:28:28,428 --> 01:28:30,468
  6078. <i>and you clearly felt...</i>
  6079.  
  6080. 1340
  6081. 01:28:30,513 --> 01:28:33,641
  6082. <i>...that the work that you've done, uh...</i>
  6083.  
  6084. 1341
  6085. 01:28:33,725 --> 01:28:37,186
  6086. So, I got an email from Carole.
  6087.  
  6088. 1342
  6089. 01:28:37,270 --> 01:28:40,315
  6090. She knows that I met Julian Assange
  6091. in February.
  6092.  
  6093. 1343
  6094. 01:28:40,398 --> 01:28:42,025
  6095. Um...
  6096.  
  6097. 1344
  6098. 01:28:42,108 --> 01:28:47,155
  6099. And she knows that I donated to WikiLeaks
  6100. at some point in Bitcoin.
  6101.  
  6102. 1345
  6103. 01:28:49,073 --> 01:28:52,076
  6104. If she prints something about it today,
  6105. it's going to make...
  6106.  
  6107. 1346
  6108. 01:28:53,202 --> 01:28:56,372
  6109. my conversations with my own government
  6110. really difficult.
  6111.  
  6112. 1347
  6113. 01:28:56,914 --> 01:28:59,059
  6114. <i>Um, it came up
  6115. in Brittany Kaiser's evidence,</i>
  6116.  
  6117. 1348
  6118. 01:28:59,083 --> 01:29:02,628
  6119. because you spoke to us about, uh,
  6120. Julian Assange the last time you came,
  6121.  
  6122. 1349
  6123. 01:29:02,712 --> 01:29:06,049
  6124. saying that you made an attempt
  6125. to gain access to the emails
  6126.  
  6127. 1350
  6128. 01:29:06,132 --> 01:29:08,092
  6129. that Julian Assange had, um,
  6130.  
  6131. 1351
  6132. 01:29:08,176 --> 01:29:11,554
  6133. the Hillary Clinton emails,
  6134. in order to benefit your client,
  6135.  
  6136. 1352
  6137. 01:29:11,637 --> 01:29:12,554
  6138. <i>the Trump campaign.</i>
  6139.  
  6140. 1353
  6141. 01:29:12,555 --> 01:29:15,099
  6142. Well, these were very contentious emails,
  6143. potentially...
  6144.  
  6145. 1354
  6146. 01:29:15,183 --> 01:29:17,602
  6147. - Yeah.
  6148. - ...and we wanted to understand...
  6149.  
  6150. 1355
  6151. 01:29:17,685 --> 01:29:19,812
  6152. as did every journalist
  6153.  
  6154. 1356
  6155. 01:29:19,896 --> 01:29:22,565
  6156. and, I would say,
  6157. most political consultants
  6158.  
  6159. 1357
  6160. 01:29:22,648 --> 01:29:25,109
  6161. on both sides of the aisle
  6162. in the United States,
  6163.  
  6164. 1358
  6165. 01:29:25,193 --> 01:29:26,778
  6166. um, what was contained in them.
  6167.  
  6168. 1359
  6169. 01:29:26,861 --> 01:29:32,492
  6170. I don't think that curiosity
  6171. is indicative of anything nefarious.
  6172.  
  6173. 1360
  6174. 01:29:32,575 --> 01:29:36,245
  6175. Oh, my God. Carole published the article.
  6176.  
  6177. 1361
  6178. 01:29:38,122 --> 01:29:40,666
  6179. I didn't discuss the US election!
  6180.  
  6181. 1362
  6182. 01:29:40,750 --> 01:29:43,086
  6183. Oh, my God, this is insane!
  6184.  
  6185. 1363
  6186. 01:29:43,169 --> 01:29:44,337
  6187. Paul!
  6188.  
  6189. 1364
  6190. 01:29:44,420 --> 01:29:46,964
  6191. - <i>Hello, how are you!</i>
  6192. - Paul!
  6193.  
  6194. 1365
  6195. 01:29:47,507 --> 01:29:50,051
  6196. I have said to you, it's all coming out,
  6197.  
  6198. 1366
  6199. 01:29:50,134 --> 01:29:51,469
  6200. <i>and the question is how.</i>
  6201.  
  6202. 1367
  6203. 01:29:51,552 --> 01:29:54,347
  6204. I didn't conspire
  6205. to leak Hillary's emails,
  6206.  
  6207. 1368
  6208. 01:29:54,430 --> 01:29:58,184
  6209. and I have nothing...
  6210. ...to do with Russia, so...
  6211.  
  6212. 1369
  6213. 01:29:58,267 --> 01:29:59,267
  6214. <i>Yes.</i>
  6215.  
  6216. 1370
  6217. 01:29:59,435 --> 01:30:01,020
  6218. The fact is...
  6219.  
  6220. 1371
  6221. 01:30:02,522 --> 01:30:05,233
  6222. - ...it looks like I did both.
  6223. <i>- Does it look like you did both?</i>
  6224.  
  6225. 1372
  6226. 01:30:05,316 --> 01:30:08,694
  6227. If I wasn't me, I would say yes,
  6228. that's what it looks like!
  6229.  
  6230. 1373
  6231. 01:30:11,155 --> 01:30:12,698
  6232. That's why I'm freaking out.
  6233.  
  6234. 1374
  6235. 01:30:12,782 --> 01:30:15,535
  6236. There's gonna be so many people
  6237. that literally never believe me.
  6238.  
  6239. 1375
  6240. 01:30:15,952 --> 01:30:18,496
  6241. I will die
  6242. with people still not believing me.
  6243.  
  6244. 1376
  6245. 01:30:18,579 --> 01:30:21,374
  6246. <i>Uh, that is possible.</i>
  6247.  
  6248. 1377
  6249. 01:30:21,624 --> 01:30:24,043
  6250. <i>- That is definitely possible.</i>
  6251. - I know!
  6252.  
  6253. 1378
  6254. 01:30:24,794 --> 01:30:26,170
  6255. Agh!
  6256.  
  6257. 1379
  6258. 01:30:27,380 --> 01:30:28,423
  6259. <i>All right...</i>
  6260.  
  6261. 1380
  6262. 01:30:29,006 --> 01:30:31,446
  6263. I think I need
  6264. to get the fuck out of here.
  6265.  
  6266. 1381
  6267. 01:30:34,887 --> 01:30:37,807
  6268. From where I'm sitting,
  6269. since you've come here today,
  6270.  
  6271. 1382
  6272. 01:30:37,890 --> 01:30:41,686
  6273. you have attempted to paint yourself
  6274. as the victim here,
  6275.  
  6276. 1383
  6277. 01:30:41,769 --> 01:30:46,566
  6278. though, by no stretch of the imagination
  6279. can you be seen as a victim.
  6280.  
  6281. 1384
  6282. 01:30:46,858 --> 01:30:50,194
  6283. Surely you can see that
  6284. you are not the victim here.
  6285.  
  6286. 1385
  6287. 01:30:51,028 --> 01:30:52,864
  6288. What if I was the victim?
  6289.  
  6290. 1386
  6291. 01:30:52,947 --> 01:30:56,868
  6292. What happens if, as some
  6293. of these investigations are concluded,
  6294.  
  6295. 1387
  6296. 01:30:56,951 --> 01:30:59,787
  6297. people realize
  6298. that actually we were simply...
  6299.  
  6300. 1388
  6301. 01:31:00,371 --> 01:31:04,917
  6302. the guys who were, uh,
  6303. perceived to have contributed
  6304.  
  6305. 1389
  6306. 01:31:05,001 --> 01:31:06,711
  6307. to the Trump campaign
  6308.  
  6309. 1390
  6310. 01:31:06,794 --> 01:31:10,923
  6311. and were wrongly accredited
  6312. with being the architects of Brexit
  6313.  
  6314. 1391
  6315. 01:31:11,340 --> 01:31:15,636
  6316. and as a result of the polarizing nature
  6317. of those two political campaigns,
  6318.  
  6319. 1392
  6320. 01:31:15,720 --> 01:31:18,723
  6321. the global liberal media took umbrage
  6322.  
  6323. 1393
  6324. 01:31:18,806 --> 01:31:21,684
  6325. and decided to put us in their crosshairs
  6326.  
  6327. 1394
  6328. 01:31:21,767 --> 01:31:26,147
  6329. and launch a coordinated attack on us
  6330. as a company
  6331.  
  6332. 1395
  6333. 01:31:26,230 --> 01:31:29,317
  6334. in order to destroy our reputations
  6335. and our business,
  6336.  
  6337. 1396
  6338. 01:31:29,400 --> 01:31:34,405
  6339. and all of this was underpinned
  6340. by a stream of allegations,
  6341.  
  6342. 1397
  6343. 01:31:34,489 --> 01:31:37,867
  6344. unfounded, groundless allegations
  6345. that came from Mr. Wylie,
  6346.  
  6347. 1398
  6348. 01:31:37,950 --> 01:31:41,287
  6349. who gave the media
  6350. the ammunition that they needed...
  6351.  
  6352. 1399
  6353. 01:31:41,662 --> 01:31:43,164
  6354. that they wanted,
  6355.  
  6356. 1400
  6357. 01:31:43,247 --> 01:31:46,417
  6358. to be able to attack us for something
  6359. that, in the case of Brexit,
  6360.  
  6361. 1401
  6362. 01:31:46,501 --> 01:31:47,502
  6363. we simply didn't do.
  6364.  
  6365. 1402
  6366. 01:31:47,585 --> 01:31:49,504
  6367. So you are the victim in all of this.
  6368.  
  6369. 1403
  6370. 01:31:50,796 --> 01:31:54,717
  6371. Well, if you're sitting where I am
  6372. right now, you'd probably feel...
  6373.  
  6374. 1404
  6375. 01:31:54,800 --> 01:31:56,177
  6376. uh...
  6377.  
  6378. 1405
  6379. 01:31:56,260 --> 01:31:57,470
  6380. ...quite victimized.
  6381.  
  6382. 1406
  6383. 01:31:57,845 --> 01:31:59,514
  6384. Where the fuck is my passport?
  6385.  
  6386. 1407
  6387. 01:32:01,766 --> 01:32:03,809
  6388. Not having a good day right now.
  6389.  
  6390. 1408
  6391. 01:32:04,352 --> 01:32:05,645
  6392. Did I put it somewhere else?
  6393.  
  6394. 1409
  6395. 01:32:08,731 --> 01:32:09,857
  6396. Oh, my God.
  6397.  
  6398. 1410
  6399. 01:32:10,149 --> 01:32:12,568
  6400. I've never put it there before in my life.
  6401.  
  6402. 1411
  6403. 01:32:13,110 --> 01:32:15,613
  6404. Not that I'm thinking straight today,
  6405. so...
  6406.  
  6407. 1412
  6408. 01:32:19,992 --> 01:32:22,662
  6409. I'm flustered. Sorry, guys.
  6410.  
  6411. 1413
  6412. 01:32:27,416 --> 01:32:29,460
  6413. Coco Mademoiselle makes me feel better.
  6414.  
  6415. 1414
  6416. 01:32:30,503 --> 01:32:32,171
  6417. At least I smell good.
  6418.  
  6419. 1415
  6420. 01:32:38,678 --> 01:32:41,639
  6421. I have no idea what's gonna happen
  6422. in the next coming days.
  6423.  
  6424. 1416
  6425. 01:32:43,015 --> 01:32:46,352
  6426. I literally came back here
  6427. because I wanted to be cooperative,
  6428.  
  6429. 1417
  6430. 01:32:47,562 --> 01:32:48,938
  6431. I want to help.
  6432.  
  6433. 1418
  6434. 01:33:15,047 --> 01:33:17,192
  6435. <i>Today, </i>The Guardian <i>newspaper
  6436. in Britain reports</i>
  6437.  
  6438. 1419
  6439. 01:33:17,216 --> 01:33:19,468
  6440. <i>that a senior executive
  6441. at Cambridge Analytica</i>
  6442.  
  6443. 1420
  6444. 01:33:19,552 --> 01:33:22,305
  6445. <i>met with Julian Assange from WikiLeaks,</i>
  6446.  
  6447. 1421
  6448. 01:33:22,555 --> 01:33:25,933
  6449. <i>which is the entity that distributed
  6450. the documents that Russia had stolen.</i>
  6451.  
  6452. 1422
  6453. 01:33:27,935 --> 01:33:31,022
  6454. <i>She says they discussed the US election.</i>
  6455.  
  6456. 1423
  6457. 01:33:49,498 --> 01:33:52,585
  6458. The Mueller investigation called
  6459. when I booked my flight
  6460.  
  6461. 1424
  6462. 01:33:52,668 --> 01:33:55,087
  6463. and they decided to issue a subpoena.
  6464.  
  6465. 1425
  6466. 01:33:56,380 --> 01:34:00,635
  6467. We were talking to them
  6468. in a very, like, friendly, cooperative way
  6469.  
  6470. 1426
  6471. 01:34:00,718 --> 01:34:05,097
  6472. and then Carole's article completely
  6473. changed the way that they see me.
  6474.  
  6475. 1427
  6476. 01:34:06,557 --> 01:34:09,518
  6477. And, yeah, I...
  6478.  
  6479. 1428
  6480. 01:34:10,144 --> 01:34:12,438
  6481. worked at Cambridge Analytica
  6482.  
  6483. 1429
  6484. 01:34:12,521 --> 01:34:15,399
  6485. while they had Facebook data sets.
  6486.  
  6487. 1430
  6488. 01:34:16,400 --> 01:34:18,110
  6489. And, you know, I...
  6490.  
  6491. 1431
  6492. 01:34:19,612 --> 01:34:23,074
  6493. went to Russia one time
  6494. while I worked for Cambridge.
  6495.  
  6496. 1432
  6497. 01:34:23,157 --> 01:34:25,743
  6498. I visited Julian Assange
  6499. while I worked for Cambridge.
  6500.  
  6501. 1433
  6502. 01:34:25,951 --> 01:34:27,787
  6503. I once donated to WikiLeaks.
  6504.  
  6505. 1434
  6506. 01:34:27,870 --> 01:34:32,416
  6507. I pitched the Trump campaign
  6508. and wrote the first contract.
  6509.  
  6510. 1435
  6511. 01:34:33,167 --> 01:34:36,170
  6512. Like, all of these things
  6513. make it look like I am...
  6514.  
  6515. 1436
  6516. 01:34:36,504 --> 01:34:40,049
  6517. at the center of some big, crazy thing.
  6518.  
  6519. 1437
  6520. 01:34:41,258 --> 01:34:44,178
  6521. And I see that,
  6522. and I can't argue with that.
  6523.  
  6524. 1438
  6525. 01:34:46,055 --> 01:34:49,392
  6526. I might need to rethink the way
  6527. that I've been doing things
  6528.  
  6529. 1439
  6530. 01:34:49,475 --> 01:34:50,810
  6531. for the past few years.
  6532.  
  6533. 1440
  6534. 01:35:05,032 --> 01:35:08,661
  6535. This is a story
  6536. which we haven't published yet
  6537.  
  6538. 1441
  6539. 01:35:08,744 --> 01:35:11,288
  6540. talking about all the investigations
  6541.  
  6542. 1442
  6543. 01:35:11,372 --> 01:35:14,333
  6544. which have been kicked off
  6545. in Britain and the US
  6546.  
  6547. 1443
  6548. 01:35:14,417 --> 01:35:16,168
  6549. since the story came out.
  6550.  
  6551. 1444
  6552. 01:35:16,252 --> 01:35:19,630
  6553. So, there's an investigation by the FBI,
  6554.  
  6555. 1445
  6556. 01:35:19,714 --> 01:35:22,675
  6557. by the US, the SEC,
  6558.  
  6559. 1446
  6560. 01:35:22,758 --> 01:35:24,260
  6561. by the Department of Justice,
  6562.  
  6563. 1447
  6564. 01:35:24,343 --> 01:35:25,928
  6565. by Robert Mueller,
  6566.  
  6567. 1448
  6568. 01:35:26,011 --> 01:35:28,556
  6569. and by the Senate Intelligence Committee,
  6570.  
  6571. 1449
  6572. 01:35:28,639 --> 01:35:31,016
  6573. the Judiciary Committee,
  6574. the House Intelligence Committee.
  6575.  
  6576. 1450
  6577. 01:35:31,100 --> 01:35:33,060
  6578. And then these are all the ones
  6579. which are going on
  6580.  
  6581. 1451
  6582. 01:35:33,102 --> 01:35:34,770
  6583. which are connected in Britain.
  6584.  
  6585. 1452
  6586. 01:35:38,274 --> 01:35:41,277
  6587. <i>Parliament spent 18 months investigating.</i>
  6588.  
  6589. 1453
  6590. 01:35:42,403 --> 01:35:44,572
  6591. <i>They called in all these witnesses.</i>
  6592.  
  6593. 1454
  6594. 01:35:48,284 --> 01:35:52,037
  6595. <i>And at the end of it,
  6596. their report says very clearly,</i>
  6597.  
  6598. 1455
  6599. 01:35:52,121 --> 01:35:54,623
  6600. <i>"Our electoral laws are not fit
  6601. for purpose."</i>
  6602.  
  6603. 1456
  6604. 01:35:56,417 --> 01:36:00,421
  6605. <i>We literally cannot have
  6606. a free and fair election in this country.</i>
  6607.  
  6608. 1457
  6609. 01:36:01,881 --> 01:36:04,759
  6610. <i>And we can't have it because of Facebook,</i>
  6611.  
  6612. 1458
  6613. 01:36:04,925 --> 01:36:08,846
  6614. <i>because of the tech giants
  6615. who are still completely unaccountable.</i>
  6616.  
  6617. 1459
  6618. 01:36:13,058 --> 01:36:15,478
  6619. <i>It sounds, like, quite apocalyptic.</i>
  6620.  
  6621. 1460
  6622. 01:36:15,644 --> 01:36:19,815
  6623. <i>But it does feel like we are entering
  6624. into a whole new era.</i>
  6625.  
  6626. 1461
  6627. 01:36:20,858 --> 01:36:24,945
  6628. <i>We can see that authoritarian governments
  6629. are on the rise.</i>
  6630.  
  6631. 1462
  6632. 01:36:25,362 --> 01:36:31,243
  6633. <i>And they're all using these politics
  6634. of hate and fear on Facebook.</i>
  6635.  
  6636. 1463
  6637. 01:36:33,370 --> 01:36:34,765
  6638. <i>Look at Brazil.</i>
  6639.  
  6640. 1464
  6641. 01:36:34,789 --> 01:36:38,501
  6642. <i>There's this right-wing extremist</i>
  6643.  
  6644. 1465
  6645. 01:36:38,584 --> 01:36:39,919
  6646. <i>who's been elected.</i>
  6647.  
  6648. 1466
  6649. 01:36:40,002 --> 01:36:44,048
  6650. <i>And we know that WhatsApp,
  6651. which is a part of Facebook,</i>
  6652.  
  6653. 1467
  6654. 01:36:44,131 --> 01:36:49,929
  6655. <i>was really clearly implicated
  6656. in the dissemination of fake news there.</i>
  6657.  
  6658. 1468
  6659. 01:36:51,263 --> 01:36:53,474
  6660. <i>And look at what happened in Myanmar.</i>
  6661.  
  6662. 1469
  6663. 01:36:54,350 --> 01:36:56,727
  6664. <i>There is evidence that Facebook was used</i>
  6665.  
  6666. 1470
  6667. 01:36:56,811 --> 01:36:58,604
  6668. <i>to incite racial hatred</i>
  6669.  
  6670. 1471
  6671. 01:36:58,687 --> 01:37:00,731
  6672. <i>which caused a genocide.</i>
  6673.  
  6674. 1472
  6675. 01:37:07,488 --> 01:37:13,327
  6676. <i>We also know that the Russian government
  6677. was using Facebook's tools in the US.</i>
  6678.  
  6679. 1473
  6680. 01:37:17,081 --> 01:37:24,046
  6681. <i>There's evidence that Russian intelligence
  6682. created fake Black Lives Matter memes.</i>
  6683.  
  6684. 1474
  6685. 01:37:24,755 --> 01:37:28,509
  6686. <i>And when people clicked on them,
  6687. they were taken to pages</i>
  6688.  
  6689. 1475
  6690. 01:37:28,592 --> 01:37:32,388
  6691. <i>where they were actually invited
  6692. to protests</i>
  6693.  
  6694. 1476
  6695. 01:37:32,471 --> 01:37:35,724
  6696. <i>that were organized
  6697. by the Russian government.</i>
  6698.  
  6699. 1477
  6700. 01:37:35,808 --> 01:37:37,911
  6701. - Justice! Now!
  6702. - When do we want it?
  6703.  
  6704. 1478
  6705. 01:37:37,935 --> 01:37:40,080
  6706. <i>At the same time,
  6707. they were setting up pages</i>
  6708.  
  6709. 1479
  6710. 01:37:40,104 --> 01:37:44,191
  6711. <i>targeting adversary groups,
  6712. like Blue Lives Matter.</i>
  6713.  
  6714. 1480
  6715. 01:37:45,818 --> 01:37:48,696
  6716. <i>It's about stoking fear and hate</i>
  6717.  
  6718. 1481
  6719. 01:37:48,779 --> 01:37:51,657
  6720. <i>to turn the country against itself.</i>
  6721.  
  6722. 1482
  6723. 01:37:52,700 --> 01:37:54,493
  6724. <i>Divide and conquer.</i>
  6725.  
  6726. 1483
  6727. 01:37:57,329 --> 01:37:58,998
  6728. White power!
  6729.  
  6730. 1484
  6731. 01:37:59,456 --> 01:38:01,333
  6732. Fascist and proud!
  6733.  
  6734. 1485
  6735. 01:38:04,461 --> 01:38:07,965
  6736. Fuck Donald Trump! Fuck Donald Trump!
  6737.  
  6738. 1486
  6739. 01:38:08,883 --> 01:38:12,136
  6740. <i>These platforms
  6741. which were created to connect us</i>
  6742.  
  6743. 1487
  6744. 01:38:12,553 --> 01:38:14,847
  6745. <i>have now been weaponized.</i>
  6746.  
  6747. 1488
  6748. 01:38:16,765 --> 01:38:20,227
  6749. <i>And it's impossible to know what is what</i>
  6750.  
  6751. 1489
  6752. 01:38:20,311 --> 01:38:24,315
  6753. <i>because it's happening
  6754. on exactly the same platforms</i>
  6755.  
  6756. 1490
  6757. 01:38:24,398 --> 01:38:27,985
  6758. <i>that we chat to our friends
  6759. or share baby photos.</i>
  6760.  
  6761. 1491
  6762. 01:38:30,404 --> 01:38:32,489
  6763. <i>Nothing is what it seems.</i>
  6764.  
  6765. 1492
  6766. 01:38:45,127 --> 01:38:47,567
  6767. - Hi, how are you?
  6768. - Doing wonderful, yourself?
  6769.  
  6770. 1493
  6771. 01:38:47,671 --> 01:38:48,923
  6772. I'm all right.
  6773.  
  6774. 1494
  6775. 01:38:49,006 --> 01:38:55,012
  6776. Um, I stayed here last week
  6777. and I checked in a suitcase and two bags.
  6778.  
  6779. 1495
  6780. 01:38:55,095 --> 01:38:58,474
  6781. And I had to go to the airport and just,
  6782. like, left.
  6783.  
  6784. 1496
  6785. 01:38:58,557 --> 01:39:00,434
  6786. So my bags have been here for a week.
  6787.  
  6788. 1497
  6789. 01:39:06,941 --> 01:39:08,984
  6790. <i>My guest, Carole Cadwalladr,</i>
  6791.  
  6792. 1498
  6793. 01:39:09,068 --> 01:39:12,363
  6794. <i>writes for the British newspapers</i>
  6795. The Observer <i>and </i>The Guardian.
  6796.  
  6797. 1499
  6798. 01:39:12,863 --> 01:39:15,282
  6799. <i>Can you just say a little bit more
  6800. about the Facebook data?</i>
  6801.  
  6802. 1500
  6803. 01:39:15,824 --> 01:39:20,871
  6804. <i>This thing of the data,
  6805. so how Americans were targeted,</i>
  6806.  
  6807. 1501
  6808. 01:39:20,955 --> 01:39:22,998
  6809. <i>and what they were targeted with,</i>
  6810.  
  6811. 1502
  6812. 01:39:23,290 --> 01:39:27,544
  6813. <i>is a sort of key part
  6814. of Mueller's investigation.</i>
  6815.  
  6816. 1503
  6817. 01:39:30,839 --> 01:39:34,718
  6818. I am headed to Washington, DC,
  6819.  
  6820. 1504
  6821. 01:39:34,969 --> 01:39:38,430
  6822. for my testimony
  6823. for the Mueller investigation.
  6824.  
  6825. 1505
  6826. 01:39:41,767 --> 01:39:45,270
  6827. I definitely didn't think
  6828. that while we're sitting there
  6829.  
  6830. 1506
  6831. 01:39:45,354 --> 01:39:47,898
  6832. counting votes on our data screen
  6833.  
  6834. 1507
  6835. 01:39:47,982 --> 01:39:50,401
  6836. that some of those votes
  6837.  
  6838. 1508
  6839. 01:39:50,484 --> 01:39:56,281
  6840. were made by people
  6841. who had seen fake news stories
  6842.  
  6843. 1509
  6844. 01:39:56,365 --> 01:39:59,451
  6845. paid for by Russia on their Facebook page.
  6846.  
  6847. 1510
  6848. 01:40:01,120 --> 01:40:02,413
  6849. Maybe I wanted to believe
  6850.  
  6851. 1511
  6852. 01:40:02,496 --> 01:40:05,749
  6853. that Cambridge Analytica
  6854. was just the best.
  6855.  
  6856. 1512
  6857. 01:40:07,376 --> 01:40:09,586
  6858. It's a convenient story to believe.
  6859.  
  6860. 1513
  6861. 01:40:25,060 --> 01:40:28,731
  6862. <i>...service down to our nation's capital,
  6863. Washington Reagan DC airport.</i>
  6864.  
  6865. 1514
  6866. 01:40:35,195 --> 01:40:37,656
  6867. I don't think it's possible
  6868. to shed any of this.
  6869.  
  6870. 1515
  6871. 01:40:40,075 --> 01:40:42,911
  6872. You can't really
  6873. put something like this behind you.
  6874.  
  6875. 1516
  6876. 01:40:58,510 --> 01:41:01,805
  6877. "Youth engagement, persuasion...
  6878.  
  6879. 1517
  6880. 01:41:03,140 --> 01:41:04,516
  6881. apathy."
  6882.  
  6883. 1518
  6884. 01:41:04,600 --> 01:41:05,920
  6885. <i>Malaysia, we're working in.</i>
  6886.  
  6887. 1519
  6888. 01:41:05,976 --> 01:41:10,105
  6889. <i>We did Lithuania, Romania,
  6890. Kenya, Ghana.</i>
  6891.  
  6892. 1520
  6893. 01:41:10,689 --> 01:41:12,816
  6894. <i>Oh, and the Brexit campaign, yeah.</i>
  6895.  
  6896. 1521
  6897. 01:41:12,900 --> 01:41:14,693
  6898. <i>But we don't talk about that.</i>
  6899.  
  6900. 1522
  6901. 01:41:14,777 --> 01:41:17,821
  6902. <i>Oops, we won!</i>
  6903.  
  6904. 1523
  6905. 01:41:18,655 --> 01:41:20,949
  6906. Listening to this now,
  6907. it just sounds like...
  6908.  
  6909. 1524
  6910. 01:41:21,784 --> 01:41:25,913
  6911. a criminal admitting to everything
  6912. he’s done wrong around the world.
  6913.  
  6914. 1525
  6915. 01:41:27,498 --> 01:41:28,540
  6916. You know?
  6917.  
  6918. 1526
  6919. 01:41:29,291 --> 01:41:32,002
  6920. I'm just there,
  6921. nervously laughing along with him,
  6922.  
  6923. 1527
  6924. 01:41:32,086 --> 01:41:33,170
  6925. letting it happen.
  6926.  
  6927. 1528
  6928. 01:41:41,386 --> 01:41:46,058
  6929. As I said, it's the opposite of what
  6930. I've worked my whole life to do.
  6931.  
  6932. 1529
  6933. 01:41:47,601 --> 01:41:48,727
  6934. So...
  6935.  
  6936. 1530
  6937. 01:41:51,814 --> 01:41:55,192
  6938. it makes me angry at myself that
  6939. I could sit through a meeting like that...
  6940.  
  6941. 1531
  6942. 01:41:55,943 --> 01:41:58,153
  6943. and not quit directly afterwards,
  6944.  
  6945. 1532
  6946. 01:41:59,321 --> 01:42:00,572
  6947. basically.
  6948.  
  6949. 1533
  6950. 01:42:04,243 --> 01:42:05,619
  6951. What was I doing?
  6952.  
  6953. 1534
  6954. 01:42:06,411 --> 01:42:08,664
  6955. What investigators
  6956. have you been talking to?
  6957.  
  6958. 1535
  6959. 01:42:09,623 --> 01:42:13,710
  6960. I'm currently working
  6961. to be as helpful as possible
  6962.  
  6963. 1536
  6964. 01:42:13,794 --> 01:42:17,422
  6965. to any government investigations
  6966. where I can provide assistance,
  6967.  
  6968. 1537
  6969. 01:42:17,506 --> 01:42:20,092
  6970. but I can't comment on that right now
  6971. while they're ongoing.
  6972.  
  6973. 1538
  6974. 01:42:28,725 --> 01:42:31,270
  6975. <i>At this time,
  6976. you may use your cellular service.</i>
  6977.  
  6978. 1539
  6979. 01:42:31,353 --> 01:42:35,023
  6980. <i>However, larger electronic devices
  6981. must remain stowed.</i>
  6982.  
  6983. 1540
  6984. 01:42:35,232 --> 01:42:37,109
  6985. Brittany made mistakes.
  6986.  
  6987. 1541
  6988. 01:42:38,819 --> 01:42:41,155
  6989. But I think it was very brave of her
  6990.  
  6991. 1542
  6992. 01:42:41,238 --> 01:42:44,199
  6993. to come out and then to keep cooperating
  6994.  
  6995. 1543
  6996. 01:42:44,283 --> 01:42:45,826
  6997. and not to walk away.
  6998.  
  6999. 1544
  7000. 01:42:48,620 --> 01:42:51,665
  7001. She is one of two people
  7002.  
  7003. 1545
  7004. 01:42:51,748 --> 01:42:56,378
  7005. who has blown the whistle
  7006. in any serious way on Cambridge Analytica.
  7007.  
  7008. 1546
  7009. 01:43:00,465 --> 01:43:01,967
  7010. We're all responsible.
  7011.  
  7012. 1547
  7013. 01:43:04,928 --> 01:43:07,806
  7014. So the question is,
  7015. what do we do with that responsibility?
  7016.  
  7017. 1548
  7018. 01:43:08,348 --> 01:43:09,683
  7019. Can we embrace it?
  7020.  
  7021. 1549
  7022. 01:43:12,394 --> 01:43:14,521
  7023. Happy that it's finally happening
  7024.  
  7025. 1550
  7026. 01:43:14,605 --> 01:43:18,275
  7027. so that I can just tell people
  7028. what happened and get everything...
  7029.  
  7030. 1551
  7031. 01:43:19,943 --> 01:43:20,944
  7032. on record
  7033.  
  7034. 1552
  7035. 01:43:22,154 --> 01:43:25,199
  7036. for this government, my government.
  7037.  
  7038. 1553
  7039. 01:43:47,095 --> 01:43:49,181
  7040. <i>You remember, though,
  7041. Cambridge Analytica.</i>
  7042.  
  7043. 1554
  7044. 01:43:49,431 --> 01:43:51,391
  7045. <i>Its big claim in 2016</i>
  7046.  
  7047. 1555
  7048. 01:43:51,475 --> 01:43:53,477
  7049. <i>was that it had access to voter data</i>
  7050.  
  7051. 1556
  7052. 01:43:53,685 --> 01:43:56,688
  7053. <i>on all of the people voting
  7054. in the US election.</i>
  7055.  
  7056. 1557
  7057. 01:43:58,273 --> 01:44:02,402
  7058. <i>Well, just one of the 157 million people
  7059. who voted in that election,</i>
  7060.  
  7061. 1558
  7062. 01:44:02,486 --> 01:44:06,365
  7063. <i>a man called David Carroll,
  7064. asked them a very simple question:</i>
  7065.  
  7066. 1559
  7067. 01:44:06,990 --> 01:44:09,826
  7068. <i>"Can I see the data you have on me?"</i>
  7069.  
  7070. 1560
  7071. 01:44:10,661 --> 01:44:12,621
  7072. <i>And they refused to give it to him.</i>
  7073.  
  7074. 1561
  7075. 01:44:14,248 --> 01:44:18,335
  7076. But crucially, today,
  7077. Cambridge Analytica pled guilty
  7078.  
  7079. 1562
  7080. 01:44:18,418 --> 01:44:22,422
  7081. at Hendon Magistrates' Court
  7082. for failing to comply with the ICO notice.
  7083.  
  7084. 1563
  7085. 01:44:40,482 --> 01:44:43,277
  7086. <i>The Cambridge Analytica case
  7087. is behind me now.</i>
  7088.  
  7089. 1564
  7090. 01:44:43,860 --> 01:44:46,738
  7091. <i>They pleaded guilty
  7092. for not giving me my data,</i>
  7093.  
  7094. 1565
  7095. 01:44:47,739 --> 01:44:50,242
  7096. <i>and I'll probably never get it back.</i>
  7097.  
  7098. 1566
  7099. 01:44:53,120 --> 01:44:55,330
  7100. <i>By the time my daughter is 18,</i>
  7101.  
  7102. 1567
  7103. 01:44:55,414 --> 01:44:58,750
  7104. <i>she'll have 70,000 data points
  7105. defining her,</i>
  7106.  
  7107. 1568
  7108. 01:44:58,917 --> 01:45:01,295
  7109. <i>and currently she has no rights,</i>
  7110.  
  7111. 1569
  7112. 01:45:01,628 --> 01:45:03,839
  7113. <i>no control over that at all.</i>
  7114.  
  7115. 1570
  7116. 01:45:06,216 --> 01:45:07,551
  7117. <i>But the battle continues.</i>
  7118.  
  7119. 1571
  7120. 01:45:13,432 --> 01:45:15,100
  7121. I don't have to tell you
  7122.  
  7123. 1572
  7124. 01:45:15,183 --> 01:45:17,102
  7125. that there is this dark undertow
  7126.  
  7127. 1573
  7128. 01:45:17,185 --> 01:45:19,563
  7129. which is connecting us all globally.
  7130.  
  7131. 1574
  7132. 01:45:19,646 --> 01:45:23,567
  7133. And it is flowing
  7134. via the technology platforms.
  7135.  
  7136. 1575
  7137. 01:45:24,026 --> 01:45:26,236
  7138. And that is why I am here
  7139.  
  7140. 1576
  7141. 01:45:26,320 --> 01:45:31,450
  7142. to address you directly,
  7143. the Gods of Silicon Valley.
  7144.  
  7145. 1577
  7146. 01:45:35,245 --> 01:45:36,997
  7147. Mark Zuckerberg,
  7148.  
  7149. 1578
  7150. 01:45:38,206 --> 01:45:40,000
  7151. and Sheryl Sandberg,
  7152.  
  7153. 1579
  7154. 01:45:40,083 --> 01:45:43,170
  7155. and Larry Page, and Sergey Brin,
  7156.  
  7157. 1580
  7158. 01:45:43,253 --> 01:45:44,671
  7159. and Jack Dorsey.
  7160.  
  7161. 1581
  7162. 01:45:46,381 --> 01:45:49,301
  7163. Because you set out to connect people
  7164.  
  7165. 1582
  7166. 01:45:49,801 --> 01:45:51,803
  7167. and you are refusing to acknowledge
  7168.  
  7169. 1583
  7170. 01:45:51,887 --> 01:45:55,682
  7171. that this same technology
  7172. is now driving us apart.
  7173.  
  7174. 1584
  7175. 01:45:56,767 --> 01:45:59,478
  7176. And what you don't seem to understand
  7177.  
  7178. 1585
  7179. 01:45:59,561 --> 01:46:03,357
  7180. is that this is bigger than you,
  7181. and it's bigger than any of us.
  7182.  
  7183. 1586
  7184. 01:46:03,440 --> 01:46:08,779
  7185. And it is not about left or right,
  7186. or leave or remain, or Trump or not.
  7187.  
  7188. 1587
  7189. 01:46:09,363 --> 01:46:11,281
  7190. It's about whether it's actually possible
  7191.  
  7192. 1588
  7193. 01:46:11,365 --> 01:46:13,742
  7194. to have a free and fair election
  7195. ever again.
  7196.  
  7197. 1589
  7198. 01:46:14,368 --> 01:46:18,038
  7199. And so my question to you is:
  7200. Is this what you want?
  7201.  
  7202. 1590
  7203. 01:46:19,247 --> 01:46:22,209
  7204. Is this how you want history
  7205. to remember you?
  7206.  
  7207. 1591
  7208. 01:46:23,293 --> 01:46:26,922
  7209. As the handmaidens to authoritarianism?
  7210.  
  7211. 1592
  7212. 01:46:27,464 --> 01:46:31,510
  7213. And my question to everybody else is,
  7214. is this what we want?
  7215.  
  7216. 1593
  7217. 01:46:31,968 --> 01:46:36,181
  7218. To sit back and play with our phones
  7219. as this darkness falls?
  7220.  
  7221. 1594
  7222. 01:46:41,770 --> 01:46:44,272
  7223. Who is logged into Facebook right now?
  7224.  
  7225. 1595
  7226. 01:46:46,274 --> 01:46:47,359
  7227. Almost everybody.
  7228.  
  7229. 1596
  7230. 01:46:49,069 --> 01:46:50,779
  7231. So, as individuals,
  7232.  
  7233. 1597
  7234. 01:46:50,862 --> 01:46:55,534
  7235. we can limit the flood of data
  7236. that we're leaking all over the place.
  7237.  
  7238. 1598
  7239. 01:46:55,617 --> 01:46:59,496
  7240. But there's no silver bullet.
  7241. There's no way to go off the grid.
  7242.  
  7243. 1599
  7244. 01:46:59,579 --> 01:47:02,207
  7245. So, you have to understand
  7246.  
  7247. 1600
  7248. 01:47:02,874 --> 01:47:05,877
  7249. how your data is affecting your life.
  7250.  
  7251. 1601
  7252. 01:47:07,087 --> 01:47:10,841
  7253. Our dignity as humans is at stake.
  7254.  
  7255. 1602
  7256. 01:47:20,434 --> 01:47:22,314
  7257. <i>But the hardest part in all of this...</i>
  7258.  
  7259. 1603
  7260. 01:47:22,394 --> 01:47:25,355
  7261. <i>Got a lot of rough people
  7262. in those caravans. They are not a...</i>
  7263.  
  7264. 1604
  7265. 01:47:25,439 --> 01:47:27,899
  7266. <i>...is that these wreckage sites...</i>
  7267.  
  7268. 1605
  7269. 01:47:27,983 --> 01:47:31,069
  7270. <i>...and crippling divisions...</i>
  7271.  
  7272. 1606
  7273. 01:47:33,989 --> 01:47:37,742
  7274. <i>begin with the manipulation
  7275. of one individual.</i>
  7276.  
  7277. 1607
  7278. 01:47:39,369 --> 01:47:40,537
  7279. <i>Then another.</i>
  7280.  
  7281. 1608
  7282. 01:47:42,164 --> 01:47:43,248
  7283. <i>And another.</i>
  7284.  
  7285. 1609
  7286. 01:47:47,794 --> 01:47:50,213
  7287. <i>So, I can't help but ask myself:</i>
  7288.  
  7289. 1610
  7290. 01:47:52,132 --> 01:47:53,758
  7291. <i>Can I be manipulated?</i>
  7292.  
  7293. 1611
  7294. 01:47:57,387 --> 01:47:58,388
  7295. <i>Can you?</i>
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