Senate hears from Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie -- live updates

CBS News May 16, 2018, 10:10 AM

• Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower from Cambridge Analyticawho provided multiple reports about how the London-based data firm misused Facebook data during the 2016 election, is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday as part of Congressional lawmakers probe into data privacy and security.

  In March, Wylie's reports showed that Facebook mishandled data from over 50 million users, allowing Cambridge Anlaytica, a firm once used by the Trump campaign, to create targeted political advertising.

  The revelations have since forced the social media titan and other tech companies to reevaluate how they manage user data.

  Follow along for live updates below:

• Wylie offers testimony

  "Cambridge Analytica is the canary in the coal mine," Wylie begins, saying that "data is the new electricty of our new economy" adding that "we can't escape data."

  Wylie warns that "online terms and conditions present users with a false choice. Americans can't opt out of the 21st century."

  The whistleblower says that Cambridge Analytica's work is "not equivalent to traditional marketing" in that it worked to spread disinformation, rumors and propaganda. Wylie notes more controversial aspects of the firm's practices including targeting African American voters and the employment of people closely related to WikiLeaks and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

• Wylie and other witnesses take oath

  Wylie joins Tufts University Professor Eitan Hersh and Dr. Mark Jamison, Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute as witnesses before the committee.

  After some brief technical glitches with microphones in the hearing chamber, the testimony begins.

• Feinstein on unknowns with Cambridge Analytica

  Ranking Democrat on the committee Sen. Dianne Feinstein says "we still do not know the extent to which it worked with hackers to illegally obtain information on candidates" or its connection to WikiLeaks and Russian entities

  She says that the future of data privacy will have a "significant impact on every aspect of our lives including our basic constitutional rights."

• Wylie on Cambridge Anlaytica investigation

  CBS News' Alan He reports that Wylie, on the way into the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, was asked if he had spoken with DOJ following reports by the New York Times that the Justice Department and FBI would be investigating the data firm. He told reporters that he met with them and will continue to meet with them.

• Wylie to testify before U.S. lawmakers

  Wylie's first public appearance on Capitol Hill marks his most recent testimony since providing details on Cambridge Analytica's practices to British lawmakers in parliament late March.

  Wylie also agreed to House Democrats' request to provide relevant documents to the House Intelligence Committee.

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