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A former Obama campaign official is claiming that Facebook knowingly allowed them to mine massive amounts of Facebook data — more than they would’ve allowed som

A former Obama campaign official is claiming that Facebook knowingly allowed them to mine massive amounts of Facebook data — more than they would’ve allowed someone else to do — because they were supportive of the campaign. In a Sunday tweet thread, Carol Davidsen, former director of integration and media analytics for Obama for America, said the 2012 campaign led Facebook to “suck out the whole social graph” and target potential voters. They would then use that data to do things like append their email lists. When Facebook found out what they were doing, they were “surprised,” she said. But she also claimed they didn’t stop them once they found out: https://ijr.com/2018/03/1077083-ex-obama-campaign-director-fb/ https://ijr.com/2018/03/1077083-ex-obama-campaign-director-f...

gaius 9y ago
Right. That’s what this boils down to. Facebook was backing Hillary, and their candidate lost. Now they need a scapegoat to deflect the blame for failing to deliver. For the record I was for Bernie.
- jessaustin 9y ago
  I convinced multiple members of my family to vote for Bernie, and then DNC wiped their asses with our votes.
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bigiain 9y ago
It doesn't matter which side of the political fence you sit - this is _clearly_ un-democratic. <snark>What country is going to come to The US's aid and send in troops to "restore democracy"?
- mattmcknight 9y ago
  How is ad targeting undemocratic?
  - bigiain 9y ago
    "claiming that Facebook knowingly allowed them to mine massive amounts of Facebook data — more than they would’ve allowed someone else to do — because they were supportive of the campaign." That's how.
    - lmm 9y ago
      That tells you that Facebook is undemocratic, not that America is.