It doesn’t help that academics abused the hell out of it re Cambridge Analytica (and probably other companies)
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Yes but academics were complicit. Very much so. I’d certainly agree that all academia shouldn’t be punished for what some assisted in but I believe there has been a real problem of the lack of academics lack of independence from military contractors
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To the extent that some academics may have more nefarious intents outside of socially responsible research and making the world a better place, I think it's important (albeit crucial) to get as much data into legitimate researchers' hands as possible so we can at least get a ...
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... better understanding of the issues that social media has brought along with it and how easily it is for anyone to quickly become a social media influencer overnight since the bar to entry for acting as a "reputable" media outlet is basically the cost of an internet connection
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There's still probably a lot of unknowns but companies such as Facebook have consistently thwarted researchers attempts to get data for open transparency while there are back-channel deals being made to harvest the data for monetary gain.
Society in the end suffers from this.