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Claims about Cambridge Analytica's role in Africa should be taken with a pinch of salt

Professor Nic Cheeseman writes for The Conversation: Claims about Cambridge Analytica's role in elections in Nigeria and Kenya have been overstated. In the last few days, Cambridge Analytica, which claims to use data to change behaviour including that of voters, has been accused of breaching Facebook rules in its efforts to collect personal data.

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