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Cambridge Analytica - Another Trump Problem?
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#51 Posted: Fri, Mar 23 2018, 10:11 AM EST
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Drafter, I was wrong. The details are somewhat different. Obama broke no facebook rules. Cambridge Analytics did. But the end result was the same unethical data collection.
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#52 Posted: Fri, Mar 23 2018, 10:58 AM EST
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delta1 wrote:
Seems Trump used this data mining firm during his election campaign to target people on Facebook, using private info without authorization...company is now under investigation...

Big deal?



What?
delta1 Offline
#53 Posted: Fri, Mar 23 2018, 12:02 PM EST
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Here's an article from Reuters that lists a timeline...hope this helps...

https://www.reuters.com/article/facebook-cambridge-analytica/timeline-cambridge-analytica-lists-events-leading-to-facebook-data-row-idUSL3N1R45J1
dstieger Offline
#54 Posted: Fri, Mar 23 2018, 12:23 PM EST
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interesting....underhanded...but, really...in the end, I'm still "what?"

Anyone using Facebook who thinks they have 'private info' there is a candidate for a case study in 'self-deception'
delta1 Offline
#55 Posted: Fri, Mar 23 2018, 12:55 PM EST
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I agree. Voters should get their info from sources other than Facebook...multiple sources...in order to make informed decisions.

The reality is that many (most?) voters are too lazy, and thus gullible...susceptible to being swayed by fake news.

They deserve to be represented by snake oil salesmen...
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#56 Posted: Fri, Mar 23 2018, 1:01 PM EST
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I wonder if anyone at cambridge that was bending the rules (I'm being nice) had anything to do with the campaign .... cough...cough...bannon
dstieger Offline
#57 Posted: Fri, Mar 23 2018, 1:05 PM EST
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I used to get kinda pizzed when European countries were attacking US big tech....but as laissez-faire as I am, I do wonder at times if our biggest few (Amazon, Google, FB, etc.) aren't going to need some utility-like 'guidance' from our own feds...the power wielded by just those three is pretty scary - especially if, as it seems, it is lopsidedly 'progressive'
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#58 Posted: Fri, Mar 23 2018, 1:07 PM EST
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I have a feeling there may be some focus by the special counsel...some legal experts say if there was foreign involvement with Cambridge Analytica and the Trump campaign, then federal elections laws may have been violated...
dstieger Offline
#59 Posted: Fri, Mar 23 2018, 1:09 PM EST
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is that new code for 'collusion'?

I swear if I never hear the word again, it will be too soon
delta1 Offline
#60 Posted: Fri, Mar 23 2018, 1:11 PM EST
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Zuckerberg said they need to step up their internal protection measures because if they don't, they'll face regulations. It's possible that social media may lose credibility as a source of factual info among mature informed voters and revert back to "look at me" playgrounds. I hardly ever log in to Facebook anymore...lotsa cloying annoying and hateful drivel being spewed...
teedubbya Offline
#61 Posted: Fri, Mar 23 2018, 1:13 PM EST
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dstieger wrote:
is that new code for 'collusion'?

I swear if I never hear the word again, it will be too soon



Yea it's actually not the right word. My guess is it won't be front and center in Mueller's vocabulary.
dstieger Offline
#62 Posted: Fri, Mar 23 2018, 1:14 PM EST
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I knew there was a reason to hang on to my password for Myspace....sell all your FB shares now
delta1 Offline
#63 Posted: Fri, Mar 23 2018, 1:16 PM EST
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dstieger wrote:
is that new code for 'collusion'?

I swear if I never hear the word again, it will be too soon


May or may not be "collusion" but I think it's important that we learn the depth of a foreign attack on the basis of our democratic society so that we can avoid any suggestion that our politicians are beholden to foreign adversaries.
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