{"id":158907,"date":"2018-04-05T07:04:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T11:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=158907"},"modified":"2018-04-05T07:04:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T11:04:55","slug":"report-says-cambridge-analytical-parent-co-may-have-helped-duterte-win-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/05\/report-says-cambridge-analytical-parent-co-may-have-helped-duterte-win-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Report says Cambridge Analytical parent co may have helped Duterte win election"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte REY BANIQUET\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Strategic Communications Laboratories (SCL), the parent company of Cambridge Analytica \u2013 the firm in hot waters for reportedly aiding the United States (US) President Donald Trump\u2019s campaign \u2013 apparently helped the Philippine President win his post in 2016, according to a report.<\/p>\n

In an article by the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the SCL\u2019s website cited the Philippines.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the run-up to national elections, the incumbent client was widely perceived as both kind and honourable, qualities his campaign team thought were potentially election-winning. But SCL\u2019s research showed that many groups within the electorate were more likely to be swayed by qualities such as toughness and decisiveness,\u201d the website content read.<\/p>\n

\u201cSCL used the crosscutting issue of crime to rebrand the client as a strong no-nonsense man of action, who would appeal to the true values of the voters,” it added.<\/p>\n

SCL\u2019s website no longer has the section, but archived versions of that web content can still be viewed online.<\/p>\n

SCMP noted that while President Rodrigo Roa Duterte was not explicitly mentioned in the content, the rebranded image on crime, man of action, and toughness pertained to the former Davao mayor.<\/p>\n

Cambridge Analytica is a British political consulting firm that analyses data to aid politicians in their electoral campaigns. It is in hot waters for reportedly buying information of Facebook users through their third-party applications and helping Trump\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n

On April 4, Wednesday, Facebook\u2019s Chief Technology Officer, Mike Schroepfer released a statement regarding Facebook\u2019s plans and updates to restrict data access.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinally, starting on Monday, April 9, we\u2019ll show people a link at the top of their News Feed so they can see what apps they use \u2014 and the information they have shared with those apps. People will also be able to remove apps that they no longer want. As part of this process we will also tell people if their information may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In a graph attached to his statement, the Philippines was listed as the second country next to the US to have its users\u2019 information \u201cimproperly shared\u201d with Cambridge Analytica.<\/p>\n

Comprising 1.4% of the approximately 87 million people whose information were bought, 1,175,870 were from the Philippines.<\/p>\n

This was not the first time for Duterte’s win to be linked to Facebook information.In December last year, a media report also cited that Facebook\u00a0supposedly helped Duterte win his\u00a0presidency through fake news and fake accounts. But the Palace dismissed this claim.<\/p>\n

(Read:\u00a0Palace dismisses report on FB helping Duterte win election<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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