Cambridge Analytica suspends CEO amid Facebook data leak uproar

(L R) Turnbull and Nix Cambridge Analytica 2Channel 4 News

  • The CEO of Cambridge Analytica, the political-research company at the center of a massive Facebook-data scandal, was suspended on Tuesday. 
  • The company’s board said CEO Alexander Nix would remain suspended pending a “full, independent investigation” of his involvement in allegedly entrapping politicians. 

Alexander Nix, the CEO of Cambridge Analytica, the political-research company at the center of a massive Facebook-data scandal, has been secretly filmed offering shadowy services to entrap politicians.

“Mr. Nix’s recent comments secretly recorded by Channel 4 and other allegations do not represent the values or operations of the firm and his suspension reflects the seriousness with which we view this violation,” the board wrote in a Tuesday statement.

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