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> Mr. Wylie explained that clothing preferences were a key metric for Cambridge Analytica, whose business was constructing and selling voter profiles drawn from
by malvosenior 8y ago
> Mr. Wylie explained that clothing preferences were a key metric for Cambridge Analytica, whose business was constructing and selling voter profiles drawn from Facebook data.
> “Fashion data was used to build AI models to help Steve Bannon build his insurgency and build the alt-right,” he said.
Cambridge Analytica built the “alt-right”? Even if that term has any meaning (I don’t really think it does), this statement is preposterous. Bannon’s “insurgency”? No spin there.
- dvt 8y agoNot sure why you're getting downvoted. The article is obviously pretty low-quality and technically incompenent; I'd expect better from HN's front page. Even with the left-wing spin, arguing that CA (or even Bannon) built the alt-right is just laugh-out-loud wrong.
- malvosenior 8y agoI don’t think we’ll get an answer but the downvotes all came in a span of a couple minutes so maybe some partisan site linked to the HN post or something. Down voters feel free to explain if you actually have a objection.
- icebraining 8y ago> Bannon’s “insurgency”? No spin there. Bannon himself used the term: "We're leading an insurgency movement against the Republican establishment" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/steve-bannon-jewish-zionists-israel-republican-party-mitch-mcconnell-paul-ryan-donald-trump-a8052776.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/steve-bann...