Facebook was negligent, but CA was close to (or maybe right on) criminal.
Were you a victim of Cambridge Analytica’s dirty tricks? The fact you don’t know is the problem.
Political persuasion that used to take place in the open, in Congress or on the hustings. Now it is covert. The average person opening his Facebook feed on a smartphone does not know he has been “targeted” as a person who might read about a sting operation involving Ukrainian girls. He may not know that his data inclines to the right, which is why he saw a lot of articles in 2016 about the terrible threat of immigrant crime – or that his data shows sympathies with the left, which is why he kept reading stories denouncing Hillary Clinton as a sellout not worth voting for.
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Covert political advertising makes a mockery of election laws in every country that has them. As Turnbull put it so eloquently, the new practitioners of propaganda don’t want their old-fashioned smear campaigns to look like “propaganda,” because if it did, you might ask, “Who’s put that out?” But “Who’s put that out?” is exactly what voters have the right to know. If the Internet platforms won’t conform to that minimal standard on their own, it’s time to regulate them.
Not really appreciating the appropriation of the main symbol of Christianity, to try and make a point about facebook’s loose handling of user data. Especially after the comic didn’t really work.
martens about 6 years ago
Facebook was negligent, but CA was close to (or maybe right on) criminal.
Were you a victim of Cambridge Analytica’s dirty tricks? The fact you don’t know is the problem.
Political persuasion that used to take place in the open, in Congress or on the hustings. Now it is covert. The average person opening his Facebook feed on a smartphone does not know he has been “targeted” as a person who might read about a sting operation involving Ukrainian girls. He may not know that his data inclines to the right, which is why he saw a lot of articles in 2016 about the terrible threat of immigrant crime – or that his data shows sympathies with the left, which is why he kept reading stories denouncing Hillary Clinton as a sellout not worth voting for.
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Covert political advertising makes a mockery of election laws in every country that has them. As Turnbull put it so eloquently, the new practitioners of propaganda don’t want their old-fashioned smear campaigns to look like “propaganda,” because if it did, you might ask, “Who’s put that out?” But “Who’s put that out?” is exactly what voters have the right to know. If the Internet platforms won’t conform to that minimal standard on their own, it’s time to regulate them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/03/20/were-you-a-victim-of-cambridge-analyticas-dirty-tricks-the-fact-you-dont-know-is-the-problem/
Radish the wordsmith about 6 years ago
I recall seeing pictures of Hillary behind bars on the right side of the Facebook page, it was a paid ad. Very sick.
gammaguy about 6 years ago
And after the folks at Cambridge Analytica, who are the greatest threat to democracy?
Those who think they’re too smart to be influenced by those methods.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member about 6 years ago
Not really appreciating the appropriation of the main symbol of Christianity, to try and make a point about facebook’s loose handling of user data. Especially after the comic didn’t really work.
DrDon1 about 6 years ago
^ Yes, Gorrell is using an inappropriate reference in this case.