Cambridge Analytica data company will cease its activity after the scandal caused by the filtering and use for political propaganda purposes of the data of at least 87 million Facebook users without proper authorization. The company worked for President Donald Trump's campaign in 2016 and his information was used to boost the Brexit campaign .
The newspaper 'The Wall Street Journal' has reported in its digital edition of the closure of the company, which already in March dismissed its executive director, Alexander Nix , and announced an investigation into what happened.
The US economic newspaper cites the founder of the SCL Group, the British subsidiary of Cambridge Analytica, as the source of the information. SCL Group also closes its doors.
The reason is the loss of customers and the high legal costs related to the leak of personal data from Facebook , as explained by a person knowledgeable about the matter. The closing will be effective this Wednesday and the workers have already received orders to turn off their computers.
A recent video shows Nix addressing the options to launch political smear campaigns through alleged bribes or sexual scandals . The recordings were made by a journalist from British television Channel 4.
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