Facebook, Twitter and YouTube create algorithms that promote and highlight information. That is an active engineering decision. — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
It's unfortunate that Facebook, as soon as I come and speak out, they ban me from their platforms. — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
If you are looking to create an information weapon, the battle space you operate in is social media. That is where the… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
There are not sufficient regulatory frameworks to handle the amount of power that companies like Facebook have, particularly in the United States. — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
Speaking out against social media giants like Facebook is intimidating, particularly when I come forward as a whistleblower. — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
I am accepting my share of responsibility in what happens with Cambridge Analytica. I think that Facebook should also accept some share… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
With access to enough Facebook data, it would finally be possible to take the first stab at simulating society 'in silico.' The… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
I didn't set out to attack Facebook. Facebook has just been incredibly uncooperative. It hasn't respected the role of the media and… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
If you look at how much information you put out, even just on your phone, on Facebook, on Google, whatever, you essentially… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
You know Facebook has this sort of bizarre culture of like really shunning people who raise legitimate concerns about how, you know,… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
We've never met before and I start telling you how much I love your favorite musicians, how I watch the same TV… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
It's very hard to participate in society when you can't talk to people on the medium that they talk to other people on. — Christopher Wylie Copy Share
For a long time I think journalists and society at large really did drink that Kool-Aid. They bought the message that the tech industry… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share
We have a completely unregulated digital landscape. There is almost no oversight. We are placing blind trust in companies like Facebook to do the… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share
The thing that I realized in my journey as a whistleblower... is that the reaction that I got from a lot of law enforcement… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share
Facebook knew in December 2015 that data had been harvested on Cambridge Analytica's behalf. It denied this until I came forward and produced the… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share
You will be a far more effective whistleblower if you operate within a legal framework. — Christopher Wylie Copy Share
We need to change our mindset and understand that the protection of our democracy is a national security issue. When any country interferes with… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share
The power of data is being able to be much more efficient with who you target and who you talk to and what you… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share
I didn't fully appreciate the impact of what I helped create until 2016 happened. Very soon after that, I started working for The Guardian,… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share
I was asked by a journalist to sum up the story in a minute, and I was like, 'No.' It goes from Trump to… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share
Disinformation has always existed. It's not like all of a sudden we've just discovered this new thing called propaganda. — Christopher Wylie Copy Share
We have not effectively found a way to regulate, whether it's social media or the Internet, and really put safety measures in place. What… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share
If we want to prevent another Cambridge Analytica from happening... that starts with regulating big tech beyond just data protection issues, but also looking… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share
There are very tangible harms that come from manipulating people. In the United States, the public health response to Covid-19 has been inhibited by… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share
Steve Bannon, you know, discovered that there's nothing more powerful than a humiliated man. — Christopher Wylie Copy Share
