British investigators raid Cambridge Analytica offices in London

British investigators raid Cambridge Analytica offices in London

Investigators from Britain's data watchdog entered the London offices of Cambridge Analytica, which is at the centre of a storm over allegations it improperly harvested Facebook data to target Kenyan and U.S. voters. It is reported that the firm was involved in President uhuru Kenyatta's campaigns in 2013, and 2017 where it is accused of initiating a smear campaign against Raila Odinga, in a bid to influence voters. About 20 officials, wearing black jackets with ICO Enforcement on them, arrived at the central London offices, soon after a High Court judge granted a search warrant sought by the Information Commissioner's Office. ICO sought the warrant after a whistle blower revealed Cambridge Analytica had harvested the private information of millions of Facebook users. Britain is investigating whether Facebook, the world's largest social media network, did enough to protect data.