Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashes Over Disinformation

Re:Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashes Over ... by DrScump on Monday March 19, 2018 @10:53PM (#16625650)

  people who signed up for the app knew they would be explicitly 
  allowing this Obama-connected app access to info/friend data.

But the targeted friends had no say in the matter and gave no consent to being isolated and targeted.

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Re:Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashes Over ... by dnomad on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @01:41AM (#16626279)

What on earth makes you think they "targeted friends"? What does that even mean? Did they spam friends with unwanted emails and phone calls? Did they try to propagandize friends with ads targeted to certain demographics? Did they literally light up the friends with green lasers?

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Re:Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashes Over ... by DrScump on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @06:10PM (#16633209)

  What on earth makes you think they "targeted friends"?

I wrote "the targeted friends". In other words, the "volunteer's" friends did not themselves volunteer to participate, yet their contact info was handed over, and they were then targeted.

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Re:Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashes Over ... by JetSpiegel on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:56AM (#16626914)

They targeted friends who would be on the fence about who to vote for. Easy to find out about based on Facebook information.

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