Cass Sunstein is telling us not to 'overreact' to Cambridge Analytica...
... and that intrusive surveillance can be good for us.
Those not familiar with his ...work.... might first wish to check out the following:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10023512796
Obama taps "cognitive infiltrator" Cass Sunstein for Committee to create "trust" in NSA
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10023517549
Cass Sunstein helped get Bush and Cheney off the hook...
Government Nanny Censoring "Conspiracy Theories" Is Also Responsible for Letting Bush Era Torture and Spying Conspiracies Go Unpunished
Washingtons Blog, Oct. 7, 2010
EXCERPT...
Prosecuting government officials risks a “cycle” of criminalizing public service, (Sunstein) argued, and Democrats should avoid replicating retributive efforts like the impeachment of President Clinton — or even the “slight appearance” of it.
SOURCE w links n details:
https://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2010/10/main-obama-adviser-blocking-prosecution.html?m=1
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-19/cambridge-analytica-s-lies-shouldn-t-wreck-data-collection
Cambridge Analytica Behaved Appallingly. Don't Overreact.
Authorized use of data still has the power to do tremendous good.
by Cass R. Sunstein
March 19, 2018, 1:21 PM EDT
The horrendous actions by Cambridge Analytica, a voter profiling company, and Aleksander Kogan, a Russian-American researcher, raise serious questions about privacy, social media, democracy and fraud.
Amidst the justified furor, one temptation should be firmly resisted: for public and private institutions to lock their data down, blocking researchers and developers from providing the many benefits that it promises – for health, safety, and democracy itself...
...The U.S. government has faced, and solved, similar problems: Data.gov discloses a great deal of information, with more than 230,000 data sets involving health, safety, travel, energy, and the environment. Available apps, made possible by that information, are helping people to save money and to avoid health risks.
For social media providers, including Facebook, the Cambridge Analytica fiasco underlines the need for more careful vetting of all developers who seek access to their data. But it would be a mistake to take the fiasco as a reason to keep treasure troves of information out of the hands of people who can provide immensely valuable services with it.
My question for Mr. Sunstein: 'Authorized' by who, exactly?
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