Cambridge Analytica-Linked GSR Had API Access to Public Twitter Data in 2015
Cambridge Analytica-linked firm Global Science Research had one-time application programming interface access to a random five-month sample of public tweets in 2015, a Twitter spokeswoman responded Monday about a report. An internal review from Twitter determined GSR, owned by Cambridge…
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researcher Aleksandr Kogan (see 1804100054), lacked access to any private data from Twitter users, she said. The sample spanned tweets from December 2014 to April 2015. Twitter removed advertising from all Cambridge Analytica-linked accounts, the spokeswoman said: “Cambridge Analytica operates using a business model that inherently conflicts with acceptable Twitter Ads business practices. Cambridge Analytica may remain an organic user on our platform, in accordance with the Twitter Rules." Cambridge Analytica tweeted Monday that the firm “has never received Twitter data from GSR or Aleksandr Kogan, and has never done any work with GSR on Twitter data. GSR was only ever a contractor to Cambridge Analytica and we understand it did work for many other companies.”