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american_ideals

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1. Huge. Incredible.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu May 25, 2017, 09:40 AM

May 2017

This is going to be the story of the century if it can be proven Trump campaign worked with Russia to use data to target voters.

Newsweek publishing it is a big step towards getting the story public. Newsweek isn't what it once was, though -- when this hits NYT, WaPo, CNN, buckle your helmets because we are going to have a wild few months in America.

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Newsweek: Did Russians Target Democratic Voters, With Kushners Help? [View all] MelissaB May 2017 OP

Huge. Incredible. american_ideals May 2017 #1

Mensch has gibraltar72 May 2017 #2

freaking republicans pissing all over America Achilleaze May 2017 #3

Kick. dalton99a May 2017 #4

Cruz was the first one to use Cambridge Analytica NewJeffCT May 2017 #5

Facebook is an insidious political tool, using your friends to push fake news. L. Coyote May 2017 #14

Facebook tried to combat it a few years ago NewJeffCT May 2017 #27

Now they sell stuff using your friend's likes as a basis to insert paid content in the newsfeed. L. Coyote May 2017 #29

This is the cost of free genxlib May 2017 #31

While I detest facebook, I pay hefty for Verizon and they are pushing to sell my browser history. TheBlackAdder May 2017 #33

Finally talking about it openly. JTFrog May 2017 #6

Fascinating. wildeyed May 2017 #7

What I've been saying all along Johnny2X2X May 2017 #8

thanks for thw post KewlKat May 2017 #9

Marking this to read later. Nt BootinUp May 2017 #10

K & R N_E_1 for Tennis May 2017 #11

Proving that the majority of voter numbers who got it right on election day should have been ffr May 2017 #12

Thankfully, Cambridge Analytica is mostly a scam TomVilmer May 2017 #13

Cambridge Analytica may be subject of criminal investigatoin by the FBI. L. Coyote May 2017 #17

By any chance, have you saved bookmarks for Cambridge Analytica? MelissaB May 2017 #21

The company is heavily funded by the family of Robert Mercer, an American hedge-fund billionaire. Raster May 2017 #19

Mostly a scam? They've has tremendous success w/ Brexit and the presidential election here... MelissaB May 2017 #22

Also implicated in Brexit vote, as per a previous DU discussion about a recent Guardian expose: deurbano May 2017 #15

K&R red dog 1 May 2017 #16

Just as evil, and perhaps even more so. Raster May 2017 #20

What happens next? maltzmax May 2017 #18

Welcome to DU! MelissaB May 2017 #23

Not sure if a new pres. replacing trump after 2 yrs would be able to run twice brush May 2017 #26

Yes pamela May 2017 #30

Yes they did turbo_satan May 2017 #24

Cambridge Analytica mahigan May 2017 #25

Cambridge is happily taking this free advertising about their supposedly big global impact, but... TomVilmer May 2017 #28

They don't say "Cambridge+Facebook+Hacked Voter Rolls Criminal" It's not one piece in isolation. OnDoutside May 2017 #32

Cambridge Analytica had a 2nd office---people embedded w/ Kushner's data TX data center rainbow4321 May 2017 #34