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Re:FTC Probing Facebook for Use of Personal Data, Source Says by felipeerias on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:43PM (#16632986)
It is not so much that something is wrong, but that everything is working as it should. The system is the problem.

Case in point, Cambridge Analytica used ill-gotten data from 50 million people to craft extremely effective political ads. And since user engagement with those ads was very high… Facebook's algorithm made it cheaper for them to buy even more ads.

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Re:FTC Probing Facebook for Use of Personal Data, Source Says by roywiggins on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @07:08PM (#16633666)
Well, not overwhelmingly effective. Ted Cruz was a client and look how well he did.
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Re:FTC Probing Facebook for Use of Personal Data, Source Says by mattnewton on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @10:47PM (#16634916)
Got second to their other client.
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