Facebook data: Clothes you buy, brands you pick can tell how you'll vote

Clothing preferences were a key metric for Cambridge Analytica (CA), whose business was constructing and selling voter profiles drawn from Facebook data. Christopher Wylie, the CA whistle-blower said that the company aligned Wrangler and LL Bean with conservative traits while Kenzo appealed to liberals. Other studies correlated car choices with political voting preferences.

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