9 Best Articles in 2022
medium.com
Why (almost) everything reported about the Cambridge Analytica Facebook ‘hacking’ controversy is wrong
medium.com
~14 min read · From 2018 · A summary of the technical info you need to know in order to properly understand the Cambridge Analytica story.
Reader View · Shared by 262, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Nir Eyal, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Andrew Chen 🎮, Christoph Janz 🇺🇦🎗🕊, Nick Lüthi, Stephan Woodtli, Björn Ognibeni, Balaji Srinivasan, Eric Seufert, Ralph Hutter, Merkstatt, Michael Gisiger, Carl Morris, Luca Like, Christian P. Stobbe, platzh1rsch, Josh Elman, blinch, Thomas Pleil
The Guardian
Fresh Cambridge Analytica leak ‘shows global manipulation is out of control’
The Guardian
4 min read · From 2020 · Company’s work in 68 countries laid bare with release of more than 100,000 documents
Reader View · Shared by 328, including Carl Zimmer, Chris Heilmann, Cory Doctorow, Steve Silberman, Joy Harjo, Axel Rauschmayer, A C Grayling #FBPE 3.5% #Reform #Rejoin #FBPA 🐟, Shoshana Zuboff, Guy Kawasaki, Susan K. Whitbourne, Carla Gentry, Gregg Caruso, Chris Isak , Pippa Malmgren, Scott Galloway, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, John Battelle, Chris Messina, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei
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Cambridge Analytica whistleblower: 'We spent $1m harvesting millions of Facebook profiles'
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From 2018 · Christopher Wylie, who worked for data firm Cambridge Analytica, reveals how personal information was taken without authorisation in early 2014 to build a sy...
Shared by 63, including Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Dominik Grolimund, Adrienne Fichter, Chris Messina, Aki Fukai ✏️, Rodrigo Prior, Thomas Power
The Guardian
Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
The Guardian
~12 min read · From 2018 · Whistleblower describes how firm linked to former Trump adviser Steve Bannon compiled user data to target American voters• How Cambridge Analytica’s algorithms turned ‘likes’ into a political tool
Reader View · Shared by 291, including Nils Hitze, Massimiliano Aroffo, Esther Schindler, Mike Butcher🇬🇧🇪🇺, Mathew Ingram, Merkstatt, Mark Kaigwa, Thomas Power, Josh Holder, Ste Davies, Bas Grasmayer, Nick Lüthi, Paulmears, Ha Duong, Martin Stabe, Shanna Peeples she/her 🏳️🌈, Andreas Spiegler, Clemens M. Schusterwwaq, Richard Dawkins, Luca M. Sergio
Channel 4
Revealed: Trump’s election consultants filmed saying they use bribes and sex workers to entrap politicians
Channel 4
9 min read · From 2018 · An undercover investigation by Channel 4 News reveals how Cambridge Analytica secretly campaigns in elections across the world. Bosses were filmed talking about using bribes, ex-spies, fake IDs and sex workers.
Reader View · Shared by 159, including Johannes Haus, Bjorn Larsen, Janosch Troehler, Hannes Grassegger, Richard Gutjahr, Moritz Moser, Thomas Power, Tony Haile, Peter Schmidhuber, Connecticut SEO, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Thomas Pleil, Charlie O'Keefe, Johannes Lenz, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, JokeJokeCry, Thomas Knuewer, Merkstatt, Adrienne Fichter, Ron McIntyre
The Baffler
The Cambridge Analytica Con
The Baffler
~17 min read · From 2018 · When a whistleblower outed Cambridge Analytica for the inappropriate use of Facebook profile information for the purpose of influencing US elections, people around the world were understandably outraged. But, as author Yasha Levine explains in his analysis of the situation for The Baffler, this was a symptom of much deeper privacy concerns that involve the biggest tech companies in the world. getAbstract recommends this sprawling article to anyone interested in learning the truth behind personal privacy in the era of big data.
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Cambridge Analytica Uncovered: Secret filming reveals election tricks
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From 2018 · An undercover investigation by Channel 4 News reveals how Cambridge Analytica secretly campaigns in elections across the world. Bosses were filmed talking ab...
Shared by 84, including Hannes Grassegger, Luca Hammer, Thomas Spreng, Merkstatt, Thomas Power
The Guardian
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower: 'We spent $1m harvesting millions of Facebook profiles'
The Guardian
3 min read · From 2018 · Whistleblower details workings of Cambridge Analytica and its use of targeted political advertising that could be used to influence people's opinions
Reader View · Shared by 74, including Eric Seufert, Victor Lee, Andrzej Jóźwik, Thomas Power, Florian Hanke 🍎, Merkstatt
The Guardian
If you’re not terrified about Facebook, you haven’t been paying attention
The Guardian
5 min read · 2020-07-26 · Facebook and America are now indivisible, says the Observer writer who broke the Cambridge Analytica scandal – and the world is the sicker for it
Reader View · Shared by 456, including Christian Fauteux, Faik Ersoy, Noely ⚡️🏐, Neil Hart 💙, Steve Faulkner, Pieter van Diggele, Merkstatt, Katja Evertz, Santiago Fernández, Peter Merholz, 𝔼𝕣𝕚𝕜 ℍ𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕞𝕒𝕟 ☕🐈💻, Gerd Leonhard, Ian M Calvert, Casie Gillette, Nick Lüthi, ❤️ Umair, Chris Skinner, Matt Navarra, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Melissa Fach 🇺🇦
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ABC News
DC attorney general sues Mark Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica data breach
ABC News
1 min read · May 23rd · The Cambridge Analytica leak allegedly exposed 87 million people's data.
Shared by 9, including Esther Schindler, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈
The Washington Post
D.C. attorney general sues Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica scandal
The Washington Post
May 23rd · The suit filed Monday morning accuses the CEO of Facebook parent company Meta of being directly involved in decision making that led to the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal.
Shared by 21, including Richard Gutjahr, Mathew Ingram, Jeff Jarvis, Carissa Véliz, Cat Zakrzewski
TechCrunch
DC’s AG is suing Mark Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica
TechCrunch
3 min read · May 23rd · The District of Columbia has just announced fresh litigation targeting Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, for his role in the Cambridge Analytica Facebook data misuse episode — alleging it has…
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Guardian Tech
Zuckerberg sued by DC attorney general over Cambridge Analytica data scandal
Guardian Tech
2 min read · May 23rd · Karl Racine accuses Facebook co-founder of direct knowledge of policies that allowed firm to gather data of millions of Americans
Reader View · Shared by 23, including Matt Navarra, Tactical Tech
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WIRED
A Hurricane Flattens Facebook
WIRED
~11 min read · From 2018 · As the Cambridge Analytica story broke over the weekend, Facebook has struggled to formulate a response.
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Cambridge Analytica: the Geotargeting and Emotional Data Mining Scripts
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8 min read · From 2017 · Last year, Michael Phillips, a data science intern at Cambridge Analytica, posted the following scripts to a set of “work samples” on his…
Reader View · Shared by 75, including Mathew Ingram, Leslie D, Bjorn Larsen, Gerald Soparkar, Education Architects, Chris Messina, Thomas Power
Gizmodo
Cambridge Analytica Is Shutting Down [Updated]
Gizmodo
2 min read · From 2018 · On Wednesday, Cambridge Analytica employees learned that its parent company, the SCL Group, was shuttering the business, with American-based workers directed to return their keycards immediately,…
Reader View · Shared by 27, including Matt Navarra, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Thomas Power, Dominik Grolimund, Adam Pasick, Amber Mac
TechCrunch
Twitter also sold data access to Cambridge Analytica researcher
TechCrunch
4 min read · From 2018 · Since it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed the personal data of millions of Facebook users, one question has lingered in the minds of the public: What other data did Dr. Aleksandr Kogan gain access to? Twitter confirmed to The Telegraph on Saturday that GSR, Kogan’s ow…
Reader View · Shared by 61, including Thomas Power, Matt Navarra, Mike Butcher🇬🇧🇪🇺, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Ste Davies, Johannes Lenz, John Hues, Philipp., Alex Barrera
Internet Archive
Palantir and Cambridge Analytica: what do we know?
Internet Archive
2 min read · From 2018 · Christopher Wylie alleged that Cambridge Analytica and Palantir worked together on the data harvested from Facebook
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BuzzFeed
Facebook's Data Scandal Is Bigger Than Cambridge Analytica (Or Facebook)
BuzzFeed
8 min read · From 2018 · It’s a moment that forces us, collectively, to step back and think about what we sacrificed for a more convenient and connected world.
Reader View · Shared by 63, including Rodrigo Prior, Thomas Power, Gabriel Weinberg, Nick Lüthi, Mathew Ingram, Jochen Burkhard, Marcus Schwarze 🚀, Matt Navarra, OM
The New York Times
How Trump Consultants Exploited the Facebook Data of Millions
The New York Times
~18 min read · From 2018 · Cambridge Analytica harvested personal information from a huge swath of the electorate to develop techniques that were later used in the Trump campaign.
Reader View · Shared by 263, including Brian Solis, Gerd Leonhard, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, Shanna Peeples she/her 🏳️🌈, Richard Gutjahr, Mathew Ingram, Jörgen Camrath, Abir Oreibi, Gabriel Weinberg, Mark Kaigwa, Joe Lencioni, Benedict Evans, Bjorn Larsen, Armindo Ferreira, Liv 😷, Esther Schindler, Thomas Power, Chris Messina, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Alexia Bonatsos
Guardian Tech
British courts may unlock secrets of how Trump campaign profiled US voters
Guardian Tech
6 min read · From 2017 · Legal loophole may help academic expose how Big Data firms like Cambridge Analytica and Facebook get their information
Reader View · Shared by 68, including Mo Schuster, mdy, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Martin Stabe, Matthias Lampe, Merkstatt, John Hues, Bjorn Larsen, Leslie D, 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙤 𝙇𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙖
The New Yorker
New Evidence Emerges of Steve Bannon and Cambridge Analytica’s Role in Brexit
The New Yorker
7 min read · From 2018 · The Trump strategist and controversial Big Data company communicated about raising U.S. funds for Brexit in 2015.
Reader View · Shared by 137, including Jochen Burkhard, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Christopher Lauer, Natacha Quester-Séméon Salomon, Javi Cantón, Mike Butcher🇬🇧🇪🇺, Paulmears, Brad Brooks, luis antónio santos, Draven, Bjorn Larsen, Dan Gillmor, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Helmi, Henning von Vogelsang, Michael Seemann, Charles Baldwin
