<img title="Ravi Shankar Prasad" src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/2018/mar/Ravi-Shankar-Prasad.jpg" alt="Ravi Shankar Prasad" /> Ravi Shankar Prasad
Amid allegations of misuse of personal data for political purposes by Facebook, the BJP on Wednesday hit out at Congress accusing it of compromising national security by reportedly roping in political data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica (CA) to run its 2019 election campaign.
The BJP alleged that CA had been found involved in data manipulation and warned that any attempt to misuse social media to influence India's electoral process would not be tolerated and the government would take necessary legal action. "Abuse of social media cannot be allowed to impact the fairness of elections. In the wake of recent data theft from Facebook, let my stern warning be heard far away in California," Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said at a press meet.
2010 The year when BJP and its ally JDU had allegedly used the services of CA
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Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad hits out at the party for roping in political data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica to run the election campaign

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