Guardian op-ed: ‘No one can pretend Facebook is just harmless fun any more’

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Guardian op-ed: ‘No one can pretend Facebook is just harmless fun any more’

by WorldTribune Staff, March 20, 2018 Facebook is the “real bad guy” in the Cambridge Analytica story about big data’s role in the election of Donald Trump, Britain’s The Guardian said in an op-ed. The op-ed said that “Cambridge Analytica shouldn’t act as a diversion from the real bad guy in this story: Facebook. It […]

Big data or the Russians? British firm may have played key role in Trump’s victory

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Big data or the Russians? British firm may have played key role in Trump’s victory

by WorldTribune Staff, March 18, 2018 The Russians? Please. A former employee said a British-based data mining firm helped Republicans level the playing field in “digital engagement” with voters by using the Facebook profiles of millions of Americans to build a “full-service propaganda machine” that boosted the Trump campaign in 2016. The Trump administration and […]