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Meanwhile, the second part of an undercover investigation conducted by the UK's Channel 4 aired today in which Cambridge Analytica executives were caught on tape bragging about bribing and entrapping politicians using hired sex workers to compromise its clients» political opponents.

In an undercover video from broadcaster Channel 4, Cambridge Analytica executives described how they crafted online campaign messages designed to draw in potential Trump voters, giving him an edge in critical states.

A second installment, broadcast Tuesday, raised further eyebrows owing to Cambridge Analytica executives claiming their firm ran «all» of President Trump's 2016 digital campaign and that their efforts left «no paper trail.»

He reportedly attended one of the meetings between Lukoil and Cambridge Analytica executives, which included Nix.

Cambridge Analytica executives reportedly met at least three times with Lukoil executives in 2014 and 2015, around when Cambridge Analytica began testing out pro-Trump slogans and Russia's influence campaign was in its nascent stages.

On Tuesday, UK's Channel 4 published video footage of Cambridge Analytica executives boasting about how they used online propaganda tools to help Trump win the election.

In an undercover investigation, Britain's Channel 4 recorded Cambridge Analytica executives expressing their willingness to disseminate misinformation, with its CEO saying, «these are things that don't necessarily need to be true, as long as they're believed.»

Britain's Channel 4 has published an undercover sting video in which Cambridge Analytica executives boast of swaying elections in Africa and Europe through tactics including fake bribes and seduction.

An investigative journalist for the UK's Channel 4 news secretly filmed meetings with Cambridge Analytica executives, in which they claimed to have used bribery, entrapment, and «fake news» campaigns to help control the outcomes of elections worldwide.

Despite this clear statement, the undercover reporter later attempted to entrap Cambridge Analytica executives by initiating a conversation about unethical practices.

The news channel said it mounted a «sting operation» in which it said had secretly recorded top Cambridge Analytica executives saying they could use bribes, former spies and Ukrainian sex workers to entrap politicians around the world.

Cambridge Analytica executives are filmed offering illegal political intimidation services to its prospective clients, suggesting bribery and blackmail involving Ukrainian sex workers.

The firm said it met with the undercover reporter to discuss «philanthropic, infrastructure and political projects in Sri Lanka» and the reporter «later attempted to entrap Cambridge Analytica executives by initiating a conversation about unethical practices.»

In a series of meetings with a reporter posing as a representative of a wealthy Sri Lankan family seeking political influence, Cambridge Analytica executives initially denied the company was in the business of using entrapment techniques.

However, further allegations about the firm's tactics were reported late Monday by British broadcaster Channel 4 which said it secretly taped interviews with senior Cambridge Analytica executives in which they boasted of their ability to sway elections in countries around the world with digital manipulation and traditional political trickery.

Cambridge Analytica executives have been accused of exaggerating the usefulness of their methods, and it remains an open question how much of an impact their efforts had on the Trump campaign in 2016 (though no one is disputing how effective Trump's overall digital operation was).

In an investigative report released Monday evening, Cambridge Analytica executives, including its CEO, were shown proposing that the company could entrap political candidates by bribing them or hiring a woman to seduce them, then releasing the footage.

Cambridge Analytica executives aggressively sought the backing of rich GOP donors, who they believed would help the company «effectively corner the market» in the United States, internal records show.

The part released Monday showed footage of Cambridge Analytica executives suggesting that the company could use bribes, former spies and sex workers to help candidates win elections worldwide.

As that suggests — and as Cambridge Analytica executives indicated in the Channel Four report — the superPAC served as an attack dog to supplement the campaign's messages.

Despite this clear statement, the undercover reporter later attempted to entrap Cambridge Analytica executives by initiating a conversation about unethical practices.

The two Cambridge Analytica executives at the meeting humoured these questions and actively encouraged the prospective client to disclose his intentions.

In videos of the meetings broadcast by Channel 4, Cambridge Analytica executives boasted that it and its parent, Strategic Communications Laboratories, had worked in more than 200 elections across the world, including Nigeria, Kenya, the Czech Republic, India and Argentina.

Meanwhile, the second part of an undercover investigation conducted by the UK's Channel 4 aired today in which Cambridge Analytica executives were caught on tape bragging about bribing and entrapping politicians using hired sex workers to compromise its clients» political opponents.

Cambridge Analytica executives — along with Rebekah and Jennifer Mercer, daughters of billionaire Trump backer Robert Mercer — have joined the board of directors of a new company, called Emerdata, in March.

The two Cambridge Analytica executives at the meeting humoured these questions and actively encouraged the prospective client to disclose his intentions.

The parliamentary committee interviewing Schroepfer has recently heard evidence from whistle - blower Christopher Wylie, former Cambridge Analytica executive Brittany Kaiser, and Kogan, the researcher who shared Facebook user data with Cambridge Analytica.

While outlining the company's services as a data - driven communications and marketing agency, a senior Cambridge Analytica executive clearly set out the principles which govern its work and said the following to the undercover reporter:

It also claimed that a Cambridge Analytica executive told the undercover reporters, «We're not in the business of fake news, we're not in the business of lying, making stuff up, and we're not in the business of entrapment... There are companies that do this but to me that crosses a line.»

Steve Bannon, who ran Trump's presidential campaign in the 2016 stretch before becoming the chief strategist in the White House, is a former Cambridge Analytica executive.

While outlining the company's services as a data - driven communications and marketing agency, a senior Cambridge Analytica executive clearly set out the principles which govern its work and said the following to the undercover reporter:

But that claim is contradicted by a detailed description of the company's role in the 2016 election given in May by a senior Cambridge Analytica executive.

In an undercover video recorded by Britain's Channel 4 News, Cambridge Analytica executive Mark Turnbull said the company had worked for President Uhuru Kenyatta during the 2013 and 2017 elections.

Cambridge Analytica executive Mark Turnbull also described the company's work in locations around the world, saying staff «ghosted in» and «ghosted out» undetected.

While outlining the company's services as a data - driven communications and marketing agency, a senior Cambridge Analytica executive clearly set out the principles which govern its work and said the following to the undercover reporter:

A Cambridge Analytica executive explained: «There are two fundamental human drivers... hopes and fears... and many of those are unspoken and even unconscious.

Not exact matches

Cambridge Analytica is being scrutinized for the methods it used during the 2016 presidential election, after executives with the British data firm boasted about their ability to covertly target voters, entrap politicians, and launch propaganda campaigns.

WASHINGTON / SAN FRANCISCO, April 11 - Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday told lawmakers that he was among the 87 million or so Facebook Inc users whose data was improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

Executives from large technology firms could be called to appear in front of British lawmakers as they continue gathering evidence about fake news and data practices in the wake of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, a member of parliament (MP) told CNBC Wednesday.

Cambridge Analytica's board said it suspended Chief Executive Officer Alexander Nix, effective immediately, while an independent investigation is conducted.

Perhaps it was an inflated sense of public trust, an attitude of invincibility, or an unwillingness to own up to responsibility that led Zuckerberg, COO Sheryl Sandberg and other Facebook executives to take a painfully long time to formulate a response to the news that data firm Cambridge Analytica gained access to millions of its users» data three years ago.

Chief Executive of Cambridge Analytica (CA) Alexander Nix, leaves the offices in central London, Tuesday March 20, 2018.

Company leaders — including Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, and Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer — have struggled to address a growing set of problems, including Russian interference on the platform, the rise of false news and the disclosure over the weekend that 50 million of its user profiles had been harvested by Cambridge Analytica, a voter - profiling company.

Several directors and executives of Cambridge Analytica, the British political consultancy that announced it was shutting down on Wednesday night,...

In a hearing held in response to revelations of data harvesting by Cambridge Analytica, Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook chief executive, faced questions from senators on a variety of issues, from privacy to the company's business model.

Alexander Nix, the chief executive of Cambridge Analytica, left his offices through the back door the day he was suspended.

Adding to its headaches, Cambridge Analytica's since - suspended chief executive, Alexander Nix, was caught on tape by a UK news broadcaster suggesting that the firm could use bribes and sex workers to entrap politicians it had hoped to defeat.

In a companion piece, The Times reported that people at Cambridge Analytica and its British affiliate, the SCL Group, were in contact with executives from Lukoil, the Kremlin - linked oil giant, as Cambridge built its Facebook - derived profiles.

«Executives from Cambridge Analytica, hired by the Trump presidential campaign, have been caught on tape promising an extraordinary package of strategies to potential clients including filming opponents in compromising situations with Ukrainian sex workers,» The Daily Beast writes of U.K. station Channel 4's documentary.

As earlier reported by Business Insider, several involved in Cambridge Analytica, including executives from parent company SCL, have registered a new company named Emerdata.