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> "Third parties did not click on the right checkbox when downloading Facebook's data" is not even remotely close to what happened. It was precisely what happe
by rumanator 7y ago
> "Third parties did not click on the right checkbox when downloading Facebook's data" is not even remotely close to what happened.
It was precisely what happened. Facebook's excuse is that Cambridge Analytics did not complied with Facebook's terms of service.
https://www.vox.com/2018/3/17/17134072/facebook-cambridge-analytica-trump-explained-user-data https://www.vox.com/2018/3/17/17134072/facebook-cambridge-an...
And the fact is, Cambridge Analytics were just the stupid ones, the ones that opened their mouths and openly bragged about what they were doing.
So, enough with the bullshit.
- manfredo 7y agoOnly if you're being metaphorical in what you meant by "checking the wrong boxes". Kogan had a research position in psychology at a world renowned university. He leveraged this position to claim that his work was for academic research on psychology, and then turned around and used this data for commercial purposes. This isn't some random app developer checking a box when they publish their app. And when Facebook learned that these restrictions were being breached, they revoked Cambridge analytica's access and demanded that the data be destroyed.