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If you meant Cambridge Analytica, that wasn't an university.
by takeda 6y ago
If you meant Cambridge Analytica, that wasn't an university.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoCambridge Analytica got most of their data from a university researcher Aleksandr Kogan, who promised Facebook the data was being used only for academic research but was secretly handing it over to Cambridge Analytica.
- finnthehuman 6y agoSo... the problem with university research is that frauds who claim to be university research aren't university research?
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoSorry, I don't follow. If you're thinking I was trying to communicate some hidden message with my comment, rest assured I was not.
- disgruntledphd2 6y agoHe wasn't a fraud at the time, he was a postdoc at Cambridge (which is a pretty well-respected university). He gave the data to Cambridge Analytica without permission, though.