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In reply to the discussion: Facebook in storm over Cambridge Analytica data scandal [View all]LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)2. Bingo!!
This is the story. Again -- This is the story folks need to strongly consider sharing like mad -- oh and this TechCrunch Article too...
"Tech hath no fury like a multi-billion dollar social media giant scorned.
In the latest turn of the developing scandal around how Facebooks user data wound up in the hands of Cambridge Analytica for use in the in development in psychographic profiles that may or may not have played a part in the election victory of Donald Trump the company has taken the unusual step of suspending the account of the whistleblower who helped expose the issues.
In a fantastic profile in The Guardian, Wylie revealed himself to be the architect of the technology that Cambridge Analytica used to develop targeted advertising strategies that arguably helped sway the U.S. presidential election.
A self-described gay, Canadian vegan, Wylie eventually became as he told The Guardian the developer of Steve Bannons psychological warfare mindfuck tool.
The goal, as The Guardian reported, was to combine social medias reach with big data analytical tools to create psychographic profiles that could then be manipulated in what Bannon and Cambridge Analytica investor Robert Mercer allegedly referred to as a military-style psychological operations campaign targeting U.S. voters."
In the latest turn of the developing scandal around how Facebooks user data wound up in the hands of Cambridge Analytica for use in the in development in psychographic profiles that may or may not have played a part in the election victory of Donald Trump the company has taken the unusual step of suspending the account of the whistleblower who helped expose the issues.
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In a fantastic profile in The Guardian, Wylie revealed himself to be the architect of the technology that Cambridge Analytica used to develop targeted advertising strategies that arguably helped sway the U.S. presidential election.
A self-described gay, Canadian vegan, Wylie eventually became as he told The Guardian the developer of Steve Bannons psychological warfare mindfuck tool.
The goal, as The Guardian reported, was to combine social medias reach with big data analytical tools to create psychographic profiles that could then be manipulated in what Bannon and Cambridge Analytica investor Robert Mercer allegedly referred to as a military-style psychological operations campaign targeting U.S. voters."
https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/18/facebook-has-suspended-the-account-of-the-whistleblower-who-exposed-cambridge-analytica/
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I think we have finally started to identify by name some of the American Citizens who conspired to
Pachamama
Mar 2018
#1
Um. Cat sorta already out of bag re: personal info. Why not use your page to help others.
dogknob
Mar 2018
#55
Agreed, suggest you read "We the Corporation" by Adam Winkler on how businesses became
c-rational
Mar 2018
#39
I'm sure dump's lapdog devin is all over this.... No need to involve a Special Counsel.
erronis
Mar 2018
#25
Will Mueller indict Turd's lackeys first Dustbin Numbskull, Dana Russiabacker, Lyin' Ryan, McTurtle?
lagomorph777
Mar 2018
#40
Probably went like CA exposed FB data to Russian hacks who washed it & sold back to CA-Trump team
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2018
#7
No. Her campaign was just fine. FB & CA enabled the Russians to steal the Electoral College.
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2018
#15
I did too! Granted they didn't have any of my actual information and I only used it to
Luciferous
Mar 2018
#23
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower says company worked with Corey Lewandowski, Steve Bannon
LovingA2andMI
Mar 2018
#20
A Resume and Background Check (Which Any Employer Worth Their Salt, Will Do)...
LovingA2andMI
Mar 2018
#51
Facebook is a un-American company. You are going to get all kinds of apologists.
rockfordfile
Mar 2018
#65