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    Jun 6

    A deep dive inside the illicit world of animal parts being traded by the tons via Facebook.

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    15 hours ago

    Facebook gave some companies access to user records well after the point in 2015 when social network said it had cut them off

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    Jun 7

    Rock-solid reporting on the at yesterday by — it’s still going thru my head — literally unbelievable.

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    Jun 7

    A look at how Facebook groups facilitate illicit trade of animal parts like elephant ivory, and a complaint to the SEC alleging Facebook profits from it via ads ( / Wired)

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    Jun 6

    wow this is an incredible story by on illicit wildlife traffickers finding a new marketplace.... on Facebook

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  6. Jun 6

    "Facts are what we are presenting to you. What we are getting back from you is bluster and rudeness." Your girl's first time in Parliament covering Alexander Nix's testimony got tense

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  7. Jun 6

    Of course, it's not just ivory and lion claws. Here's an interesting post I found on one of the private groups frequented by traffickers. This is being sold alongside ivory bracelets and other illicit goods.

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    Jun 6

    Our statement on Alexander Nix's answers & comments to & the @commonccms on

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  9. Jun 6

    Nix goes on a lengthy rant about why so many people are out to get him. Essentially, he says, Americans don't like Trump, the British media is anti-Brexit, and Chris Wylie is an old employee with a grudge. Now we're done.

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    Jun 6

    And now we're getting to Nigeria & Cambridge Analytica's work with hackers in 2015 presidential election. "Groundless," says Nix. "Lies from Wylie." No...we had multiple sources for this story, both employees, contractors & others. Wylie not one of them

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  11. Jun 6

    There we go. Nix says this is all due to a "global liberal media" conspiracy. It is his own former staffers turning on him. And not just Chris Wylie.

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  12. Jun 6

    Nix: "I'm sorry if the members of this committee are unhappy with the outcome of the referendum. I'm sorry if the members of the committee are unhappy with Donald Trump being President of the US." The committee members just laugh at him.

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  13. Jun 6

    Nix says of the undercover video, in which he bragged about bribery and extortion: "Chapeau to Channel 4 for destroying an excellent British technology company." Oy vey.

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  14. Jun 6

    Nix says of Wylie's claim that Cambridge Analytica influenced Brexit. "It is deeply troubling this conspiracy theory has gained such traction"

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  15. Jun 6

    Someone needs to make a highlight reel of ' incredulous side-eye face at this hearing

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  16. Jun 6

    It is very difficult not to shout out fact checks and questions but the Committee is doing a good job of it.

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  17. Jun 6

    Nix is also dragging Chris Wylie, accusing him of just holding a grudge and not whistleblowing out of principle. Wylie is sitting in the back row just shaking his head and rolling his eyes.

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  18. Jun 6

    Nix, somehow thinking this will work, tells the committee that when he last appeared before them, the FB story was not as sensational as it is today. interrupts saying, "You didn't tell us about it. You didn't tell us about Facebook!"

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  19. Jun 6

    Nix ducks a question about why he said CA didn't use Facebook data the last time he appeared before Parliament, by saying, "This is again another topic that unfortunately falls under the investigation by the ICO." and so he says he can't discuss it.

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  20. Jun 6

    Then Nix continued, when I interviewed him in 2015 about the Guardian story that said CA collected Facebook data, "I don't know where they got that information from. It’s totally unfounded."

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