Re:SCL – A Very British Coup
by vanderZwan on Thursday March 22, 2018 @11:57AM
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> I expect the fact that the OFA app was pulling friend data would be surprising to at least the friends. Which Facebook turned that feature off years ago.
They did? I still see a "Apps others use" under the settings where I have to manually uncheck letting others share my information:
Facebook closed off the slurping of all your friends from the API with the app, and only shows those that have the same app.
Of course, they turned that feature off so that people looking to obtain microtargetting services will need to buy them from Facebook.
Which is funny. I've see some people talking about how the Clinton campaign relied on an in house data team for their Facebook work, and that the Trump campaign worked more closely with Facebook employees (the Facebook employees were on site at the campaign, working for free because the campaign was such a big customer).