Palantir worked with Cambridge Analytica on the Facebook data it acquired, whistleblower alleges - 2018-03-27
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Palantir worked with Cambridge Analytica on the Facebook data it acquired, whistleblower alleges March 27, 2018,
Palantir, a secretive company co-founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, worked with Cambridge Analytica, the political analysis firm that harvested data from Facebook users, whistleblower Christopher Wylie told U.K. lawmakers Tuesday.
Wylie claimed that Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix was introduced to Palantir by Sophie Schmidt, the daughter of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
Thiel, who has not been accused of any wrongdoing, was not immediately available for comment when contacted by CNBC.
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