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Switching to a different mode, he has also helped journalists cover this issue, in various ways:
Switching to a different mode, he has also helped journalists cover this issue, in various ways:
* he was instrumental in uncovering the Cambridge Analytica scandal (through [https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mg9vvn/how-our-likes-helped-trump-win research] [https://www.letemps.ch/societe/paulolivier-dehaye-matheux-ennemi-facebook contributed] to [https://www.letemps.ch/monde/facebook-desormais-un-puissant-outil-dinfluence-vendu-plus-offrant many] [https://www.thelocal.ch/20180411/how-a-swiss-based-mathematician-helped-lift-the-lid-on-the-facebook-data-scandal articles] on the topic, by helping [https://www.wired.com/story/one-mans-obsessive-fight-to-reclaim-his-cambridge-analytica-data/ David Carroll] and [https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-wrestle-your-data-from-data-brokers-silicon-valley-and-cambridge-analytica Jeremy Merrill] file [[Subject Access Request|Subject Access Requests]];
* he was instrumental in uncovering the Cambridge Analytica scandal (through [https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mg9vvn/how-our-likes-helped-trump-win research] [https://www.letemps.ch/societe/paulolivier-dehaye-matheux-ennemi-facebook contributed] to [https://www.letemps.ch/monde/facebook-desormais-un-puissant-outil-dinfluence-vendu-plus-offrant many] [https://www.thelocal.ch/20180411/how-a-swiss-based-mathematician-helped-lift-the-lid-on-the-facebook-data-scandal articles] on the topic, by helping [https://www.wired.com/story/one-mans-obsessive-fight-to-reclaim-his-cambridge-analytica-data/ David Carroll] and [https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-wrestle-your-data-from-data-brokers-silicon-valley-and-cambridge-analytica Jeremy Merrill] file [[Subject Access Request|Subject Access Requests]];
* through his work with Carole Cadwalladr, he clarified the links between Cambridge Analytica and the UK Brexit referendum, including the relevance of car insurer Eldon Insurance (by helping Carole file a [[Subject Access Request|SAR]]);
* through his work with Carole Cadwalladr, he [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/26/robert-mercer-breitbart-war-on-media-steve-bannon-donald-trump-nigel-farage clarified the links between Cambridge Analytica and the UK Brexit referendum], including the relevance of [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/21/arron-banks-insurance-personal-data-leave-eu car insurer Eldon Insurance] (by helping Carole file a [[Subject Access Request|SAR]]);
* he has helped journalist Judith Duportail get her data from Tinder (she got 800 pages!), and written an op-ed about the experience;
* he has helped journalist Judith Duportail [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/26/tinder-personal-data-dating-app-messages-hacked-sold get her data from Tinder] (she got 800 pages!), and [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/27/tinder-data-privacy-tech-eu-general-data-protection-regulation written an op-ed about the experience];
He has helped thousands in the general public file [[Subject Access Request|SARs]] to Tinder, Facebook or Uber, leading all those companies to change their practices.
He has helped thousands in the general public file [[Subject Access Request|SARs]] to Tinder, Facebook or Uber, leading all those companies to change their practices.
He has also testified in the [https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/hearing-on-the-facebookcambridge-analytica-case---use-of-facebook-users-data-by-cambridge-analytica-and-impact-on-data-protection-part-2---data-protection-and-privacy-implications-including-applicable-jurisdiction_I157502_02-V_rv European Parliament] (multiple times) and in the [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/28e9cccd-face-47c4-92b3-7f2626cd818e UK Parliament].
He has also testified in the [https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/hearing-on-the-facebookcambridge-analytica-case---use-of-facebook-users-data-by-cambridge-analytica-and-impact-on-data-protection-part-2---data-protection-and-privacy-implications-including-applicable-jurisdiction_I157502_02-V_rv European Parliament] (multiple times) and in the [https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/28e9cccd-face-47c4-92b3-7f2626cd818e UK Parliament].