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FakeNoose

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36. They originally mined the data from Facebook
Mon Mar 19, 2018, 09:49 AM
Mar 2018

....but after they worked it over, it was no longer Facebook's data, it was theirs. They used it themselves and sold it to other like-minded groups. A clever distinction!

Thank God they don't have me in their data, I was never on Facebook. I keep getting spam from them though. They'd love to get more people in their web.

I think we have finally started to identify by name some of the American Citizens who conspired to Pachamama Mar 2018 #1
Bingo!! LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #2
posted CelticWinter Mar 2018 #27
Hopefully, Folks will get it... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #28
Um. Cat sorta already out of bag re: personal info. Why not use your page to help others. dogknob Mar 2018 #55
I use to post CelticWinter Mar 2018 #57
K&R, that's a good one - "go to hell in a chicken wire canoe". KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2018 #63
i sure will thanks CelticWinter Mar 2018 #64
We have got to get rid of campaign donations, Super PACs, dark money,... Dustlawyer Mar 2018 #31
The best way to do that is to Democratize the economy Farmer-Rick Mar 2018 #37
Agreed, suggest you read "We the Corporation" by Adam Winkler on how businesses became c-rational Mar 2018 #39
Zuckerberg lagomorph777 Mar 2018 #34
Needs to go to jail AwakeAtLast Mar 2018 #66
Like we've been living together... lagomorph777 Mar 2018 #68
. AwakeAtLast Mar 2018 #69
Fuckin A! workinclasszero Mar 2018 #53
The Executive Management and majority shareholders of fakebook democratisphere Mar 2018 #3
"Following..." FailureToCommunicate Mar 2018 #4
Thank You... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #5
+1000 Pachamama Mar 2018 #6
Absolutely following, thanks. I've been waiting for the Hortensis Mar 2018 #19
I'm sure dump's lapdog devin is all over this.... No need to involve a Special Counsel. erronis Mar 2018 #25
Lol. Won't Devin likely be going to prison as it is? Hortensis Mar 2018 #30
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
Yep.. LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #11
Nice diagram. Reminds me of the Paradise and Panama papers erronis Mar 2018 #26
Facebook went public 2012 - huge revenue by 2016 Justice Mar 2018 #35
I keep waiting watoos Mar 2018 #8
Umm... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #12
How about Peter Thiel? Big investor in Facebook, Hortensis Mar 2018 #21
Thanks for mentioning another actor, Thiel. He has his fingers in lots of pies erronis Mar 2018 #44
He's way up on my list of personal enemies. Hortensis Mar 2018 #46
FB destroyed Hillary Clinton's campaign UCmeNdc Mar 2018 #9
Facebook... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #13
No. Her campaign was just fine. FB & CA enabled the Russians to steal the Electoral College. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #15
And to increase Facebook Stock Portfolio... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #18
Very important point. dalton99a Mar 2018 #58
Well said! NT c-rational Mar 2018 #41
I Cancelled My Facebook Account! UCmeNdc Mar 2018 #10
We're following you.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #14
I did too! Granted they didn't have any of my actual information and I only used it to Luciferous Mar 2018 #23
I've never understood . . . . Sam McGee Mar 2018 #16
Good Point.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #17
It's not that difficult to understand Boomer Mar 2018 #29
Maybe It Needs To Go... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #49
DU is a social medium... :) Our children post events Hortensis Mar 2018 #33
I re-post a lot of stuff I read on DU to Facebook dogknob Mar 2018 #56
A lot of event or home based and "word of mouth" businesses use Facebook. haele Mar 2018 #60
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower says company worked with Corey Lewandowski, Steve Bannon LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #20
@#$% Facebook. Scurrilous Mar 2018 #22
EXACTLY THIS!!! LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #24
Nix is slippery spike91nz Mar 2018 #32
They originally mined the data from Facebook FakeNoose Mar 2018 #36
i've been sounding the alarm about CA for more than a year neohippie Mar 2018 #38
Thank You... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #48
+1 dalton99a Mar 2018 #59
This is actually very, very serious. Nitram Mar 2018 #42
The EU is going to bend Facebook over. Calista241 Mar 2018 #43
My family never joined it, Twitter or Linked in. BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #45
At this point, its awkward if you dont have a social media presence. Calista241 Mar 2018 #50
A Resume and Background Check (Which Any Employer Worth Their Salt, Will Do)... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #51
Looks like NCGOP has CA ties too neohippie Mar 2018 #47
FOLLOW THE DATA BadGimp Mar 2018 #52
Of Course That Is The Story.. LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #54
+1 BuddhaGirl Mar 2018 #62
The Guardian is doing a series on this scipan Mar 2018 #61
Facebook is a un-American company. You are going to get all kinds of apologists. rockfordfile Mar 2018 #65
Good Point.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #67
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