13. The Effect of Cambridge Analytica Case in Cyberspace Politics

Abstract

The Cambridge Analytica Cases with Facebook is already widening in worldwide since March 2018. This case became one of the mistakes in the political world, where the campaign process took unhealthy because it uses personal data in social media as an illegal analysis material. The case of Cambridge Analytica is important for an immediate response as this is a threat to the continued of cyberspace politics. Cyberspace politics should be held as a healthy, fast, and fair. In this case, the cyberspace politics found more challenges in the future because it affects the freedom of expression, unsecured to use social media and etcetera. To analyze this paper, the authors use the descriptive qualitative method to describe the case and process analysis. Furthermore, the authors hope this paper can be a trigger for further analysis and could be a reference for the study of cyberspace politics and Cambridge Analytica or other similar cases in the future.