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Wylie: Nothing has changed with Facebook

Christopher Wylie, the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, has said that Facebook hasn’t changed significantly to protect users since the scandal broke in 2018

Christopher Wylie, the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Picture: Getty

Software safety needs to be treated like automotive or pharmaceutical safety according to Christopher Wylie, the key whistleblower in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Wylie said Facebook had not changed significantly in efforts to protect users since the scandal broke in 2018 and that legislation was needed, particularly from the US government, to safeguard users.

“The only thing that has changed is that we now have a public discourse about it. When I started working with ...