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The Great Hack

Name: The Great Hack
Director: Karim Amer
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-01-26
Cast: Brittany Kaiser, David Carroll, Paul-Olivier Dehaye, Ravi Naik, Julian Wheatland

Documentary

Data—arguably the world’s most valuable asset—is being weaponized to wage cultural and political wars. The dark world of data exploitation is uncovered through the unpredictable, personal journeys of players on different sides of the explosive Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data story.

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Cast

Brittany KaiserDavid CarrollPaul-Olivier DehayeRavi NaikJulian WheatlandCarole CadwalladrChristopher WileyPaul HilderEmma Graham-HarrisonGill PhillipsSarah DonaldsonRoger McNamee

Director

Karim Amer

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