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Did the media know? The attention being given to the Cambridge Analytica story by the media suggests that this is a new finding to them. I think one of the soc

by untog 9y ago

Did the media know? The attention being given to the Cambridge Analytica story by the media suggests that this is a new finding to them. I think one of the societal problems we have right now is an overwhelming lack of tech literacy. It affects the media but also (and more importantly) government. People simply don't understand this stuff, and the problem isn't going to go away, because if you do have tech knowledge you can make far more money as a developer than you can as a journalist or politician.

fareesh 9y ago
The media most certainly knew that Facebook data was being used for political campaigning. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/17/obama-digital-data-machine-facebook-election https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/17/obama-digital-... From the article: > Barack Obama's re-election team are building a vast digital data operation that for the first time combines a unified database on millions of Americans with the power of Facebook to target individual voters to a degree never achieved before. Also > Consciously or otherwise, the individual volunteer will be injecting all the information they store publicly on their Facebook page – home location, date of birth, interests and, crucially, network of friends – directly into the central Obama database. > "If you log in with Facebook, now the campaign has connected you with all your relationships," a digital campaign organiser who has worked on behalf of Obama says.
pbalau 9y ago
This attention is too close after the moment when fb decided to promote your friends posts instead of media posts. Media knew about this, reported on it at the time, but since they were making money, they didn't give a shit. Now, since fb switched the news feed algorithm, they are not making that much money anymore and are using whatever means they have to "fix" this. This is not about media caring about the general population, this is about media wanting revenge.

by untog 9y ago

fareesh 9y ago

The media most certainly knew that Facebook data was being used for political campaigning. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/17/obama-digital-data-machine-facebook-election https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/17/obama-digital-... From the article: > Barack Obama's re-election team are building a vast digital data operation that for the first time combines a unified database on millions of Americans with the power of Facebook to target individual voters to a degree never achieved before. Also > Consciously or otherwise, the individual volunteer will be injecting all the information they store publicly on their Facebook page – home location, date of birth, interests and, crucially, network of friends – directly into the central Obama database. > "If you log in with Facebook, now the campaign has connected you with all your relationships," a digital campaign organiser who has worked on behalf of Obama says.

pbalau 9y ago

This attention is too close after the moment when fb decided to promote your friends posts instead of media posts. Media knew about this, reported on it at the time, but since they were making money, they didn't give a shit. Now, since fb switched the news feed algorithm, they are not making that much money anymore and are using whatever means they have to "fix" this. This is not about media caring about the general population, this is about media wanting revenge.