https://qz.com/1268422/cambridge-analytica-is-shutting-down-after-the-facebook-scandal/ >Cambridge Analytica, the data company employed by the Trump campaign during the 2016 US presidential election and the focus of the current Facebook privacy scandal, is reportedly shutting down, along with its parent company, SCL Group. >Nigel Oakes, the founder of the company once known as Strategic Communication Laboratories, confirmed the news to the Wall Street Journal. Earlier today, May 2, Gizmodo reported that the company had held a call to inform its US offices that it would be shutting down.