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Cambridge Analytica

a complicated landscape of hugely valuable data and privacy!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Analytica

Can decentralized social networks be a new trend in the aftermath of the Facebook, Cambridge Analytica scandal?

compare with old times
How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future 2020

To conventional polls and political analysis, Simulmatics added computer simulations, not unlike, say, the simulations used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to predict the number of new covid-19 cases given various scenarios. A simulation program works by way of endless if/then statements: if this, then that. if/then was the syntax of Simulmatics’ reports

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/07/ftc-imposes-5-billion-penalty-sweeping-new-privacy-restrictions

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/12/facebook-fine-ftc-privacy-violations