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Cambridge Analytica is Shutting Down
- ngcazz 9y agoThis is behind a paywall.
- jahvo 9y agohttps://screenshots.firefox.com/2p3WI1nH0fkIjItC/www.wsj.com https://screenshots.firefox.com/2p3WI1nH0fkIjItC/www.wsj.com
- ShabbosGoy 9y agoHey that’s neat, thanks for the screenshot.
- howaboutnmc 9y agohttp://archive.is/Rnzsr http://archive.is/Rnzsr Has clickable links
- acchow 9y agoThis is a nifty Firefox feature. Could they just store the DOM instead for higher quality and a smaller size?
- wyldfire 9y agoUse the 'web' link to find the content.
- thephyber 9y agoInterestingly, the WSJ.com search result wasn't on the first page for me. Also, it's still paywalled for me even after clicking from the Google SERP.
- jdoliner 9y agoThese 2 things are related. Google punishes sites behind paywalls which is why doing a google search for an article is normally a good way to get by the pay-wall. WSJ has decided they'd rather take the punishment, so their site is lower.
- textmode 9y agohttps://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/cambridge-analytica-closing-operations-following-facebook-data-controversy-1525284140 https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/cambridge-analytica-closing... Does not require Javascript. User can fetch page, save it and view offine. "Reader Mode" in Firefox fixes poor scrolling experience.
- throwawaymanbot 9y ago"rebranding"
- pmilla1606 9y agoWill they be back under a new name to avoid negative associations? E.g.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academi
- jonhendry18 9y agoThe new firm is called Emerdata. It even involves Eric Prince of Blackwater, along with Mercer and the rest of the scum and villainy.
- jressey 9y agoMaybe not actually. They were a subsidiary of SCL Group, which according to Wikipedia shut down yesterday as well. Something awful will exist in its place, like Palantir Technologies. Nevermind about them not re-incarnating: http://www.businessinsider.com/cambridge-analytica-executives-and-mercer-family-launch-emerdata-2018-3 http://www.businessinsider.com/cambridge-analytica-executive...
- bitwize 9y agoHN truncated the link to say "Ac..." and I thought it was a link to the page for Accenture, which changed its name from Andersen Consulting to get away from the bad reputation associated with the Andersen name.
- notacoward 9y agoI sincerely doubt that Cambridge Analytica is really shutting down. Rather, I expect the same principals will continue doing the same things for the same customers under a new name within a year. That's just a name change. See also: Blackwater -> Xe -> Academi
- skort 9y agoEmerdata. http://www.businessinsider.com/cambridge-analytica-executives-and-mercer-family-launch-emerdata-2018-3 http://www.businessinsider.com/cambridge-analytica-executive...
- jonhendry18 9y agoIt even involved Erik Prince of Blackwater infamy, brother of Betsy Devos.
- gremlinsinc 9y agoOf course that's a thing. Corporate corruption is way too rampant. CEOs should serve time when breaking laws and be barred from serving as a top level exec in any capacity unless they're the founder and even then they should have stipulations like a parole officer who's an accountant/auditor and checks their books every few months.
- pmoriarty 9y ago"CEOs should serve time when breaking laws and be barred from serving as a top level exec in any capacity unless they're the founder..." Why unless they're the founder?
- gremlinsinc 9y agoBecause I'm still a believer in rehabilitation, just as I feel felons who want to go straight should get another chance... I'm also very supportive of any new startup as long as it's on the up and up it contributes to the overall economy..I just don't think they should come out of jail and get a golden parachute deal or a job from day one.. Finding the next gig should be as hard for them as it is for Lenny the homeless guy who is in jail for stealing booze or loitering. They're still American, but I have more pity for the Lennie's than the Bernie Madoffs of the world.
- jacquesm 9y agoThis is just damage control. It should be easy enough to monitor the Linkedin profiles of everybody that claims they work there today to see where they end up. Two can play at that.
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- jahvo 9y agoTech people are terrified of CA because CA shows them how deeply flawed their beloved liberal democracy is. They already suspected that but they swept it under the carpet, but now that they are forced to watch it because of this Facebook thing, it's time to shut everything down and shoot the messenger instead of shutting down the flawed system.
- jimothywales 9y agoHow does this have anything to do with "liberal democracy" besides your strange interpretation of the "system"?
- jahvo 9y agoPeople are easily manipulable. This was the case since forever, but tech has amplified it, and tech has given us the data to back up how easy it is to manipulate people.
- jimothywales 9y agoSure, but how is liberalism or democracy related to your point at all?
- RIMR 9y agoHe's a conservative. He thinks that blaming liberals is the default...
- jonhendry18 9y agoHe's probably a neoreaction type. Probably prefers an autocrat or absolute monarchy.
- jahvo 9y agoI don't think classical liberalism has anything to do with what conservatives call "liberals" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism
- spadros 9y agohttps://outline.com/Kah74V https://outline.com/Kah74V for the uninitiated.