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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 18 Mar 2018
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      Michael Tracey Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      It's true that when Obama tech gurus were utilizing social media-harvested data for electoral purposes, some elites raised concerns. But it didn't become a society-wide political scandal until Trump benefitted from similar tacticshttps://twitter.com/zeynep/status/975067882538254336 …

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      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      Also *ahem*. A good number of us had been objecting and pointing out the broader harms of the interaction between Facebook's business model and politics even when it appeared to benefit Obama/Democrats. pic.twitter.com/SVk4Iw86uG
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    2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 18 Mar 2018
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      After the 2012 election, the Obama campaign's tech prowess was generally portrayed in reverential terms. Ethics of this mass data harvesting were not much discussed, because it resulted in an electoral outcome that much of the political class wanted https://www.technologyreview.com/s/509026/how-obamas-team-used-big-data-to-rally-voters/ …pic.twitter.com/TdRyX2FU2H

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 18 Mar 2018
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      None of this mitigates or excuses tech giants' exploitation of user data. It just highlights that the mass outrage only tends to come when the exploitation produces an outcome that political/media elites abhor

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        2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 18 Mar 2018
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          The very fact that you don't know enough about it says a lot.

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        2. Democracy Theater‏ @Demcytheater 18 Mar 2018
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          Ohh man, I did not know that Obama used Russian based digital manipulation firms aka so-called troll-farms. I love how you always compare apples to apples to make your points.

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        1. Bananas  🍌 🍌 🍌‏ @Bananas_R_Silly 18 Mar 2018
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          If you think this kind of electioneering activity bears any resemblance to Cambridge Analytica mass harvesting data through apps totally unrelated to politics and building full psychological profiles on people to better target ads that appeal to their biases, you're nuts.

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        1. D.R. Darke, Russian Asset 🌹‏ @DRDarkeNY 18 Mar 2018
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          Well, hard not to loathe Trump - or Hillary!

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        1. StayPuftZombie‏ @StayPuftZombie 18 Mar 2018
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          Not sure I fully agree with this. I may dislike a lot about google and facebook (ergo, don’t use ‘em), but they’re not exactly hiding the ball that you are the product, and that everything you post is public record. Don’t you think it’s more shame on users than on them?

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        2. Susan W. Davis .‏ @SusanWDavis3 18 Mar 2018
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          My perception is outrage against media or other criminal acts arises when the act is made public. Not because of manipulation by "elites".

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        3. Susan W. Davis .‏ @SusanWDavis3 18 Mar 2018
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          Using "elites" is name calling and a propaganda tactic, by the way. Thx.for this chat. 👋🌻

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