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Cambridge Analytica wasn't censorship. It basically involved simple form questions to gauge political affiliation and was brilliant. Ad companies do this every
by jazz9k 2y ago
Cambridge Analytica wasn't censorship. It basically involved simple form questions to gauge political affiliation and was brilliant. Ad companies do this every day with no issues.
It only became an issue because it helped Trump win. Obama spammed Facebook years earlier, which I think is much worse and people in the tech community called it 'genius'.
This sort of double standards is why nobody trusts big tech.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoYou're misconstruing it, and there's no double standard.
- DanielHB 2y agoWho said anything about that being censorship? I am saying that scandal brought it up to public attention, the Cambridge Analytica scandal was just the triggering point because: 1) It allegedly had russian influence 2) It involved Trump and he was much more controversial at the time 3) By my definition it counts as an "indirect interference from a social media company into politics through the use of algorithms", not censorship