Ikigo gitanga ubusesenguzi mu bya politiki, Cambridge Analytica, gishinjwa ko cyatanze amakuru mu bikorwa bo kwiyamamaza kwa Perezida wa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, Donald Trump, cyatangaje ko kigiye gufunga imiryango nyuma y’ibirego by’urudacu gikurikiranywemo muri iki gihe.
Iki kigo gishinjwa ko cyabonye mu buryo bunyuranyije n’amategeko, amakuru y’ibanga ku bantu basaga miliyoni 87 bakoresha urubuga nkoranyambaga rwa Facebook, agakoreshwa mu bikorwa byo kwiyamamaza.
Mu itangazo yashyize ahagaragara, Cambridge Analytica yavuze ko yagerageje kurengera izina ryayo ngo ukuri kugaragare, ariko iperereza ry’imbere mu kigo ryasanze nta kibi cyakozwe.
Rikomeza rigira riti “Mu mezi menshi ashize, Cambridge Analytica yashinjwe ibirego byinshi bidafite ishingiro, ndetse uretse imbaraga yakoresheje ngo igaragaze ukuri, yakomeje gusigwa icyasha mu bikorwa byabaye bikurikije amategeko kandi byemewe mu kwamamaza mu bucuruzi na politiki.”
Iri tangazo rivuga ko nubwo Cambridge Analytica yari ifitiye icyizere uburyo abakozi bayo bakoze, ariko uburyo itangazamakuru ryakurikiranye iki kibazo “byirukanye abakiliya bose b’ikigo n’abafatanyabikorwa bacyo.”
Ku bw’iyo mpamvu ngo ikigo ntikigishoboye gukomeza ibikorwa, ku buryo hatangijwe ibikorwa byo kugisesa.
Muri Werurwe nibwo uwari Umuyobozi wa Cambridge Analytica i London, Alexander Nix, yeguye ku mirimo ye nyuma y’amashusho yafashwe mu ibanga na Channel 4 News, avuga uburyo bafashije Donald Trump mu kwiyamamaza mu 2016.
Icyo gihe yavuye imuzi uburyo bashoboraga gutesha agaciro abandi bakandida burimo “kohereza abakobwa hafi y’inzu zabo bakandida.”
Cambridge Analytica yaje gutangaza ko yari ifite ububiko bw’amakuru bwemewe bugera kuri miliyoni 30 y’Abanyamerika, ariko ko atigeze akoreshwa mu matora ya Perezida wa Amerika. Icyo kigo cyatangaje ko cyahise kiyasiba.
Mu kwiba ayo makuru, bivugwa ko mu 2014 aribwo Facebook yagendga ibaza abantu ibibazo bitandukanye, maze iyo porogaramu yakoreshwaga ikagenda ifata amakuru y’abantu basubizaga ibyo bibazo, ariko igaca inyuma igatwara n’ay’inshuti zabo.
Bibarwa ko abantu bagera ku 305 000 aribo bakoresheje iyo porogaramu, ariko birangira yibye amakuru mu bantu basaga miliyoni 87 nk’uko Facebook yabitangaje. Bivugwa ko ayo makuru yaje kugurishwa kuri Cambridge Analytica, nayo ikayifashisha mu gusesengura abantu batoraga muri Amerika.