The New York Times and The Observer of London reported how Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm closely tied to the Trump campaign, exploited data from 50 million Facebook usershttp://nyti.ms/2u3oXTy
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Christopher Wylie, who oversaw Cambridge’s data collection until 2014, said of his former company, “For them, this is a war, and it’s all fair”http://nyti.ms/2u3oXTy
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Facebook is defending its protection of user information after Cambridge Analytica harvested private information from more than 50 million profiles. But lawmakers in the U.S. and Britain are calling for greater scrutiny.http://nyti.ms/2GanHD7
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Alexander Nix, a director of SCL Group, a British political and defense contractor, and chief executive of its American offshoot, Cambridge Analytica, told the British Parliament that his company had no connections to Russiahttp://nyti.ms/2ptrhhg
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However, the firm’s employees, who often overlap, had contact in 2014 and 2015 with executives from Lukoil, the Russian oil giant. Lukoil was interested in how data was used to target American voters. http://nyti.ms/2ptrhhg pic.twitter.com/v2UH3UWp9B
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“Send some girls around to the candidate’s house”: As part of a monthslong investigation into Cambridge Analytica, a reporter from Channel 4 News in Britain secretly filmed Alexander Nix, the data firm’s chief, as he offered to entrap politicianshttp://nyti.ms/2pqOL6z
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And did they, with this, FORCE those people to vote for Trump; or did they, as voters and human beings with self-determination and inherent, inalienable freedom of choice, make up their own minds and vote for who they wanted, in this case, him?
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If people are earnestly looking for information on a candidate, and the information available is either untrue, or skewed to their Facebook preferences, they're more likely to be swayed toward that particular candidate. This is why Gaslighting is so dangerously insidious.
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I think people are more discerning than that. More discerning, decisive and informed, even in this era of constant disinformation&misinformation from every quarter, than you give them credit for. Anyone who completely believes everything a candidate says as Gospel truth is a fool
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Douglas, you really should read some books on psychology. The human mind is easily manipulated. Those who think they can’t be manipulated are actually the most susceptible. It’s why successful con men make you believe you are smarter than they are.
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Well, then, I guess we might as well just finally admit that we are not self-determining humans, capable of thought, feeling, action and taking action via our inherent right of freedom of choice; but rather at last admit that we are robots, tools, drones of the powers-that-be.
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All I know is, I have never been manipulated by anyone or anything, except perhaps for all those delightful candy, cake&soda companies! Oh, and the plaid shirt and pleated trouser companies, too!-who take my money and, quite equitably and beneficently, give me something in return
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"Here’s what you need to know about how to delete Facebook:” would be more useful
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why I closed down my account over 3 years ago...Facebook sells their users information to anyone (using it, creating an account gives them permission to do so). It was creepy (to me) to go to a website then have my Facebook troll me for similar through advertising
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This is the same Donald Trump affiliated Cambridge Analytica organization that Devin Nunes’ GOP Intelligence Committee refused to interview before prematurely ending their investigation into Russian collusion with the Trump campaign.
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When is the next lie going to come out about President Trump. Anytime! He does good for
the DNC and the Lying Lib News come out with
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Awe. Show me and I'll call your parents and tell them to find you a safe place.

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