I don't think that military-style information operations is conducive for any democratic process.

Christopher Wylie

A lot of people are concerned about, for example, the ability of big government to inhibit our liberties and choice. Big data can engineer a situation that limits our choice and our freedom. And it's not a partisan issue.

Christopher Wylie

What people forget is that no one pays you to go and be a champion for democracy. A girl's got to make rent. I didn't have a job for two years.

Christopher Wylie

If I were to produce a kitchen appliance, I have to do more safety testing and go through more compliance procedures to create a toaster than to create Facebook.

Christopher Wylie

Different kinds of people have different motivations for filling out surveys. Sometimes you would have a group of people who just would fill it out because they're bored, and they don't have anything to do. Or they would just genuinely want to know what is their personality.

Christopher Wylie

In most Western democracies, you do have the freedom of speech. But freedom of speech is not an entitlement to reach. You are free to say what you want, within the confines of hate speech, libel law and so on. But you are not entitled to have your voice artificially amplified by technology.

Christopher Wylie

The thing I think about all the time is, what if I'd taken a job at Deloitte instead? They offered me one. I just think if I'd taken literally any other job, Cambridge Analytica wouldn't exist. You have no idea how much I brood on this.

Christopher Wylie

Rebekah Mercer just wanted stuff to happen. She is a difficult and demanding woman to work for.

Christopher Wylie

Amazon has a good track record for blowing up industries, and fashion needs to look at what has happened to music, publishing and media.

Christopher Wylie

I was asked by a journalist to sum up the story in a minute, and I was like, 'No.' It goes from Trump to Brexit to Russian espionage to military operations in Afghanistan to hacking the president of Nigeria. Where do you even begin?

Christopher Wylie

I don't believe in data-driven anything, it's the most stupid phrase. Data should always serve people, people should never serve data.

Christopher Wylie

When you work in Kenyan politics, or politics in a lot of African countries, if a deal goes wrong you can pay for it. When you work for senior politicians in a lot of these countries you don't actually make money in the electoral work, you make money in the influence brokering after that.

Christopher Wylie

Speaking out against social media giants like Facebook is intimidating, particularly when I come forward as a whistleblower.

Christopher Wylie

It is categorically untrue that Cambridge Analytica has never used Facebook data.

Christopher Wylie

Fashion brands are really useful in producing algorithms to find out how people think and how they feel.

Christopher Wylie

Amazon can afford to lose money for years on its fashion offerings. But when, if you're a designer or a retailer, fashion is your bread and butter then you can't.

Christopher Wylie

Cambridge Analytica's tactics contributed to a world where people kind of hate each other, and don't want to talk to each other, don't want to hear each other, don't want to speak to each other.

Christopher Wylie

If you've done something wrong, the first step is to try to own up and tell people about it.

Christopher Wylie

I got recruited to join a research team at SCL group which, at the time, was a British military contractor based in London. Most of its clients were various ministries of defense in NATO countries. And what we were looking at is how to use data online to identify people who would be likely targets of different extremist groups.

Christopher Wylie

We have a completely unregulated digital landscape. There is almost no oversight. We are placing blind trust in companies like Facebook to do the honorable and decent thing.

Christopher Wylie

Christopher Wylie Quotes

I don't think that military-style information operations is conducive for any democratic process.

A lot of people are concerned about, for example, the ability of big government to inhibit our liberties and choice. Big data can engineer a situation that limits our choice and our freedom. And it's not a partisan issue.

What people forget is that no one pays you to go and be a champion for democracy. A girl's got to make rent. I didn't have a job for two years.

If I were to produce a kitchen appliance, I have to do more safety testing and go through more compliance procedures to create a toaster than to create Facebook.

Different kinds of people have different motivations for filling out surveys. Sometimes you would have a group of people who just would fill it out because they're bored, and they don't have anything to do. Or they would just genuinely want to know what is their personality.

In most Western democracies, you do have the freedom of speech. But freedom of speech is not an entitlement to reach. You are free to say what you want, within the confines of hate speech, libel law and so on. But you are not entitled to have your voice artificially amplified by technology.

The thing I think about all the time is, what if I'd taken a job at Deloitte instead? They offered me one. I just think if I'd taken literally any other job, Cambridge Analytica wouldn't exist. You have no idea how much I brood on this.

Rebekah Mercer just wanted stuff to happen. She is a difficult and demanding woman to work for.

Amazon has a good track record for blowing up industries, and fashion needs to look at what has happened to music, publishing and media.

I was asked by a journalist to sum up the story in a minute, and I was like, 'No.' It goes from Trump to Brexit to Russian espionage to military operations in Afghanistan to hacking the president of Nigeria. Where do you even begin?

I don't believe in data-driven anything, it's the most stupid phrase. Data should always serve people, people should never serve data.

When you work in Kenyan politics, or politics in a lot of African countries, if a deal goes wrong you can pay for it. When you work for senior politicians in a lot of these countries you don't actually make money in the electoral work, you make money in the influence brokering after that.

Speaking out against social media giants like Facebook is intimidating, particularly when I come forward as a whistleblower.

It is categorically untrue that Cambridge Analytica has never used Facebook data.

Fashion brands are really useful in producing algorithms to find out how people think and how they feel.

Amazon can afford to lose money for years on its fashion offerings. But when, if you're a designer or a retailer, fashion is your bread and butter then you can't.

Cambridge Analytica's tactics contributed to a world where people kind of hate each other, and don't want to talk to each other, don't want to hear each other, don't want to speak to each other.

If you've done something wrong, the first step is to try to own up and tell people about it.

We have a completely unregulated digital landscape. There is almost no oversight. We are placing blind trust in companies like Facebook to do the honorable and decent thing.