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So despite its protestations, FB has known about this since 2015.
Cambridge Analytica, the data firm alleged to have used the personal information of millions of Facebook users without their knowledge in its work for Donald Trumps election campaign, is trying to stop the broadcast of an undercover Channel 4 News report in which its chief executive talks unguardedly about its practices
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Press reports on Saturday claimed the company had harvested data from more than 50m profiles mostly belonging to US voters
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Facebook said that in 2015 it discovered that Dr Aleksandr Kogan, a psychology professor at the University of Cambridge, had passed data collected by a personality prediction app that ran on Facebook to Cambridge Analytica
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Even if Cambridge Analytica no longer holds any Facebook data, it may have used the data to build the algorithms and profiles it now sells to political campaigns around the world and businesses. The Financial Times is among the companys former clients, having once used Cambridge Analytica for a market research project.
https://www.ft.com/content/7ed1572c-2aa4-11e8-a34a-7e7563
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)I was looking to see when & where. And I hope FB comes in for a full share of blame.
hlthe2b
(101,728 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)hlthe2b
(101,728 posts)herding cats
(19,549 posts)I can't wait to watch this!
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)this show will expose that. They've been denying everything on Twitter , too.
Maven
(10,533 posts)Wwcd
(6,288 posts)once done her own profiling of FB users & was fascinated by the success of what personal profiling info could do for advertising.
This interview was maybe 1-2 yrs ago, but I believe she did her own profiling study using FB client's data some yrs ago.
Did Mrs Zuck write/sell the program from the data she compiled from her original FB study?
I recall her talking about this study she did.
I have to find it.
Hey ME
Great Thread..thes big s.o.b.'s better be busted & charged.
They knew.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Except for this....Because you can unfollow Zuckerberg and Chan if you wish, but you cant block them
https://qz.com/1066804/facebook-fb-wont-let-you-block-mark-zuckerberg-and-priscilla-chan/
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Wwcd
(6,288 posts)I'll see if I can find anything.
I know she talked about it.
Seems like it was just after news broke that there was some possible social media interferance in the election, but was played down as nothing to see here.(even tho they all damned well KNEW)
I believe she was saying that profiling is commonplace, so not a big deal, that she herself had studied the effects of profiling for advertising.
No big deal, right?
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)Its not the one I'm still searching for but it shows a lack of interest by FB back in 2011, to protect its users.
Informative read as more now comes to light about FB.
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/899495
07/14/2011 09:56 pm ET Updated Sep 13, 2011
Mark Zuckerbergs Value Problem: My Facebook Profile Was a Fraud, So Was Warren Buffetts
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njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)venal, morally bankrupt trash bags
dhol82
(9,351 posts)Makes it tough for us good guys.
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)Mueller has ALL of this! Facebook needs to get investigated and charged if they knew of any of the collusion in any way, shape or form. I am sure they have been scrambling at Facebook to protect their "I am yours best friend, every guy" image. Fuckerberg is one of the richest people on the planet...how did he get that way...by being non-corruptable? Not likely!
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2017261
Me.
(35,454 posts)a report I saw said he was in at the beginning
Progressive dog
(6,862 posts)Frightening