The United States is moving "in the same direction" as China on online privacy infringement, Christopher Willey, an employee of Cambridge Analytica, who revealed her suspicious dealings of privacy abuse, told CNBC on Wednesday.

"The United States is moving in the same direction as China. The only difference is that we allow private companies to shift public opinion to the left, right or center," Wiley said on CNBC's "Squawk Alley." .

"Just because they are companies, not countries, does not mean that there is no harm that might happen if two big companies are watching or tracking everything you do," he said.

Willie, whose memoirs were released this week, has become more concerned about the impact of social media companies because of the large amounts of data they collect.

In March 2018, Willy unveiled the Cambridge Analytica scandal that brought down his former manager and fined Facebook's Federal Trade Commission $ 5 billion for abuse.

Facebook said that the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica illegally obtained data of up to 87 million of its users who conducted a personal test through a third-party application.The application not only collected the data of Facebook users, but also collected data about their friends on Facebook.

Cambridge Analytica worked on the 2016 Republican presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

Although Cambridge Analytica has since been shut down, Willy said the tactics it uses can be deployed and used by any other company, which is why data privacy regulation should be greatly improved.

What he is really concerned about is what might happen if China or North Korea were to use Cambridge Analytica's tricks and methods of privacy.

The use of information should be rational
China's Internet regulation is the most stringent in the world, according to a 2018 report by the nonprofit Freedom House.

In addition to controlling the data of its citizens, the foundation wrote, "China provides governments with like-minded technology and training to enable it to control its citizens."

Wiley also said he believes that social media companies should at least face similar regulations and regulations for water utilities or electricity companies, because of their vital importance and impact on people's lives and the nature of their large size, in which cases "we set rules that put consumers first."

"You can still make a profit, you can still make money, but you have to think about people's rights and safety."