Cambridge Analytica sought to identify mental vulnerabilities in voters and worked to exploit them by targeting information designed to activate some of the worst characteristics in people, such as neuroticism, paranoia and racial biases. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
You will be a far more effective whistleblower if you operate within a legal framework. — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
