Blog #67: Acting CEO Cambridge Analytica resigned in the heart of the storm
Interim CEO Alexander Tayler resigns as the political research firm is accused of illegally collecting data on 87 million Facebook users.
In a statement posted on the website on April 11, London-based Cambridge Analytica said Tayler had stepped down as chief executive to return to his previous position as chief data officer.
"The Board of Directors has announced that Mr. Alexander Tayler will return to the position of data manager to lead the technical investigations," said Cambridge Analytica.
Alexander Tayler was promoted to CEO after Cambridge Analytica suspended CEO Alexander Nix on March 20 when it blamed the company for illegally collecting information from tens of millions of Facebook users. .
Alexander Tayler takes over as CEO of Cambridge Analytica when a scandal leaks information for tens of millions of Facebook users.
Cambridge Analytica bought data from a Cambridge University researcher named Aleksandr Kogan. He collected data through a self-written application and connected to Facebook from 2013.
In 2014, Facebook changed its policy of not letting the app developer access the user's friend data unless approved by the person.
In 2015, The Guardian reported that Kogan had violated Facebook's policy when sharing data with Cambridge Analytica.
Former Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix was suspended from office on March 20 as a scandal.
Since then, Facebook has banned Kogan from accessing the platform, and has requested that Cambridge Analytica formally commit that the infringing data has been removed.
Three years later, Facebook was shocked to learn that Cambridge Analytica did not delete the data block despite the commitment. Immediately, Facebook forbade Cambridge Analytica from using any of its services.
The British authorities then investigated Cambridge Analytica. At the same time, the Federal Trade Commission also investigated Facebook's privacy policy.
Acting CEO Cambridge Analytica, Alexander Tayler, resigns on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is sweating testimony in US Congress.
CEO Alexander Tayler resigned on April 11, in the morning Mark Zuckerberg was busy with a second hearing in the US Congress.
In this hearing, Facebook CEOs will have to respond to personal information issues, editorial content, hate speech and alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election.