3 ms·
The "false intentions" here are about the user agreeing to use the app. Obama: "Give us a list of your Facebook friends, and we'll help you contact them about
by Gaelan 9y ago
The "false intentions" here are about the user agreeing to use the app.
Obama: "Give us a list of your Facebook friends, and we'll help you contact them about voting for Obama." While the Obama campaign did collect data about friends, this data was voluntarily given to them by users. If the Obama campaign had your Facebook data, it was because one of your friends knowingly and voluntarily gave it to the Obama campaign.
Kogan/CA: "Take a free personality quiz!" The people taking the quiz likely had no idea that they were supporting a political campaign or helping Trump win. You could have your data given to CA even if nobody in your friend graph supported it.
Also, that 190 million figure is probably inaccurate, because there is probably significant overlap in people's friends lists.
- downandout 9y agothis data was voluntarily given to them by users It was given to them by the 1 million users that authorized the app. Not the other 189 million (or more) users. Also, that 190 million figure is probably inaccurate, because there is probably significant overlap in people's friends lists. According to their own campaign manager, they "sucked out the whole of the social graph" with Facebook's blessings. So they may have actually had more than 190 million, since there are more US users that on Facebook.