At least Zuckerberg gave a public acknowledgement of their epic screw up – also an apology and commitment to make it right. May be just words, but that’s a whol lot more than we’ve seen from 45.
Facebook even sent staff — whose political persuasion had been cleared by the company — to aid in that effort, to help Parscale “know every, single secret button, click, technology [they] have,” as he said in the interview. The campaign poured money into Facebook, sending thousands of versions of tweaked ads to maximize response. Then it won the presidency by a margin narrow enough that Parscale (and Facebook) can justifiably take credit.
And let us remember the players in all of this:
Steve Bannon: VP and Secretary of the Cambridge Analytica board until he stepped down to run the Trump campaign in 2016.
Robert Mercer: The main financial backer for Cambridge Analytica, not only during the Trump campaign, but well before when CA played a role in the surprise Brexit campaign victory for proponents of a British withdrawal from the European Union.
gammaguy about 6 years ago
If MZ faces booking on some charge but DT doesn’t, then we’re in even more trouble than I thought.
cdward about 6 years ago
At least Zuckerberg gave a public acknowledgement of their epic screw up – also an apology and commitment to make it right. May be just words, but that’s a whol lot more than we’ve seen from 45.
superposition about 6 years ago
He was busy.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/zuckerberg-saved-tens-of-millions-by-selling-facebook-stock-ahead-of-monday-decline-2018-03-19
Radish the wordsmith about 6 years ago
Facebook even sent staff — whose political persuasion had been cleared by the company — to aid in that effort, to help Parscale “know every, single secret button, click, technology [they] have,” as he said in the interview. The campaign poured money into Facebook, sending thousands of versions of tweaked ads to maximize response. Then it won the presidency by a margin narrow enough that Parscale (and Facebook) can justifiably take credit.
And let us remember the players in all of this:
Steve Bannon: VP and Secretary of the Cambridge Analytica board until he stepped down to run the Trump campaign in 2016.
Robert Mercer: The main financial backer for Cambridge Analytica, not only during the Trump campaign, but well before when CA played a role in the surprise Brexit campaign victory for proponents of a British withdrawal from the European Union.
Kip W about 6 years ago
Time to ‘face’ the music.