The Great Hack (2019)

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They took your data. Then they took control.

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.

• Released: 2019-01-26
• Genres: Documentary
• Runtime: 1h 54m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.9/10 from 604 votes

Directed by Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim.

Top cast

• Brittany Kaiser as Self - Former Dir. of Business Development, Cambridge Analytica
• David Carroll as Self - Associate Professor Parsons School of Design
• Paul-Olivier Dehaye as Self - Founder @PersonalDataIO
• Ravi Naik as Self - Data Rights Solicitor
• Julian Wheatland as Self - Former COO/CFO Cambridge Analytica/SCL
• Carole Cadwalladr as Self - Investigative Journalist for The Guardian
• Christopher Wiley as Self - Former Cambridge Analytica Employee and Whistleblower
• Paul Hilder as Self - Writer/Political Technologist
• Emma Graham-Harrison as Self - International Affairs Correspondent, The Observer
• Gill Phillips as Self - Legal Council, The Guardian

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Where to watch The Great Hack

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• India: stream on Netflix
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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