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A comment on FTC rules 5-0 that Cambridge Analytica engaged in deceptive practices [pdf].

Re:FTC rules 5-0 that Cambridge Analytica engaged in decepti... by etaioinshrdlu on Friday December 06, 2019 @03:37PM (#21725746)
The way I heard the story, Alexander Nix was a chronic exaggerator who pushed the narrative that CA had a huge impact on Brexit and other elections when it simply wasn't true. He did this in order to gain more sales. They said the Facebook data was deleted by the time of the Trump campaign.

My theory is that they are not so different than a typical digital ad agency but they got caught up in a political tornado. I think we should at least be open minded to the possibility they have been scapegoated here.

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Re:FTC rules 5-0 that Cambridge Analytica engaged in decepti... by disappearance on Friday December 06, 2019 @07:56PM (#21727689)
Rubbish. Watch this.

British investigative journalism at its best. Collaboration between the Guardian & Channel 4. https://www.channel4.com/news/data-democracy-and-dirty-trick...

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Re:FTC rules 5-0 that Cambridge Analytica engaged in decepti... by rsynnott on Friday December 06, 2019 @05:44PM (#21726770)
> Nix said that his company uses honey traps, bribery stings, and prostitutes, for opposition research

VERY NORMAL DIGITAL AD AGENCY THINGS.

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Re:FTC rules 5-0 that Cambridge Analytica engaged in decepti... by etaioinshrdlu on Friday December 06, 2019 @06:34PM (#21727163)
It is possible Nix made all that up as a weird form of bragging to close a sale to a sleazy customer. I couldn't find any actual evidence to the contrary. This isn't my theory, it is literally what a CA employee told me in person.
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Re:FTC rules 5-0 that Cambridge Analytica engaged in decepti... by rsynnott on Saturday December 07, 2019 @09:57AM (#21730566)
In the immortal words of Mandy Rice-Davies, “well, he would, wouldn’t he”.

People quite rarely say “why, yes, my employer does crimes”.

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Re:FTC rules 5-0 that Cambridge Analytica engaged in decepti... by PixyMisa on Friday December 06, 2019 @07:43PM (#21727630)
Ah, I see you've worked with SEO companies too.
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Re:FTC rules 5-0 that Cambridge Analytica engaged in decepti... by wavefunction on Friday December 06, 2019 @03:51PM (#21725862)
"Don't be so open-minded your brain falls out"
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