HB....read 1984 again a few months back. Its a better vision than anything Nostradamus came up with. Uncanny really. The only thing he got wrong was the date.

Yep. Knew about that at the time.

No one gives a f@ck though and zero will be done about it. The Leave campaign received millions in donations illegally and no one gave a f@ck about it.

Politics is f@cked.

And even if Cambridge Analytica are gone another will just take its place, probably funded by whatever government happens to want to use it.

What a book! It's frightening how close we are.

Over the last two nights I watched this and another documentary on China's Digital Gulag's, they pretty far down the road in doing to the Uyghur population what the Germans did to the Jews before the "final solution" and we barely hear a peep. It's outrageous what is happening in the world at the moment.

comment by rats juice ma brendin awae tae f@ck (U6393)
posted 27 seconds ago
And even if Cambridge Analytica are gone another will just take its place, probably funded by whatever government happens to want to use it.
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they are just the fall guy for the industry but the exact same thing is happening on a bigger scale with the tech giants like Facebook and Google.

Data rights need to be human rights if we want to continue a system of free and fair elections. We've seen the damage they have done with divides in lots of countries by weaponising this data and it's only going to get darker.

After Boris' coronation yesterday, Facebook was used to target ads at people. 554 versions of the same ad were sent out, asking people to 'tell Boris their views' of what was important to them.

On clicking the button to tell him, a message pops up telling you that by submitting your priority to Boris, you have given the Tories permission to use your data to send you targeted ads about their campaigns etc.

Each ad is slightly different. They're testing what works and what doesn't ahead of an election.

comment by HB Fash (U21935)
posted 34 seconds ago
comment by rats juice ma brendin awae tae f@ck(U6393)
posted 27 seconds ago
And even if Cambridge Analytica are gone another will just take its place, probably funded by whatever government happens to want to use it.
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they are just the fall guy for the industry but the exact same thing is happening on a bigger scale with the tech giants like Facebook and Google.

Data rights need to be human rights if we want to continue a system of free and fair elections. We've seen the damage they have done with divides in lots of countries by weaponising this data and it's only going to get darker.
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Let's face it, there's never really been such a thing as a free or fair election.

Unfortunately this is just the start. Big Brother is indeed watching you.

I spoke to a couple of guys in my department a while back about the fact that the powers that be know every little thing about your online presence and a lot more.

They said it didn't bother them at all because they had nothing to hide

F@cking idiots.

comment by IvanGolacIsMagic (U5291)
posted 36 seconds ago
After Boris' coronation yesterday, Facebook was used to target ads at people. 554 versions of the same ad were sent out, asking people to 'tell Boris their views' of what was important to them.

On clicking the button to tell him, a message pops up telling you that by submitting your priority to Boris, you have given the Tories permission to use your data to send you targeted ads about their campaigns etc.

Each ad is slightly different. They're testing what works and what doesn't ahead of an election.
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Boak.

So they find out their weaknesses and exploit them with further content to bring them in line with the Tory view or away from Labour etc.

Classic subversion of democracy. It's no longer free will of the people that choose who leads us, it's the paymasters of data scientists.

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comment by rats juice ma brendin awae tae f@ck (U6393)
posted 40 seconds ago
I spoke to a couple of guys in my department a while back about the fact that the powers that be know every little thing about your online presence and a lot more.

They said it didn't bother them at all because they had nothing to hide

F@cking idiots.
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To be honest, i was not aware of the scale. Maybe i should have been i remember reading about the scandal as it unfolded but to see it explained well last night rocked me a bit.

I knew we were on that path just didn't know just how far down it we were.

Dont bother with that crap.

Facebook and the rest is the biggest waste of time going.

Technology has advanced at a rate that society hasn't been able to keep up with. Everything gets weaponised if it can be, and social media is no different. If they can use it, they will. We as users of it need to be more savvy.

Many of us celebrated the demise of the 'biased' old media (not Zach obviously) but what has replaced it is perhaps not worth celebrating.

comment by lexballielegend (U8325)
posted 48 seconds ago
Masters of our own downfall the fact that a Trump or Johnson happens is frightening and the age of technology facilitates extreme right wing persons is a scary problem. Europe sat on its hands whilst Hitler and Mussolini got chummy thinking no big deal this, now we have a wall builder and a Scotland hating buffoon in tandem doing all they can to alienate their neighbors bad times
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That is definitely the road we are on now. Tech has enabled Authoritarianism to rise so fast all over the world and created huge divides whilst doing so, our government need to act to stop it now but why would they when that is what helped them win in the first place.

The documentary goes into how they did in Trinidad and Tobago, where they started a campaign that appeared to be grass roots which encouraged the young black population to be apathetic so that the Indian population would win the vote. They swung it by 6% all that was needed to give the Indians the win.

"our government need to act to stop it now"

That ain't ever gonna happen.

comment by IvanGolacIsMagic (U5291)
posted 23 minutes ago
After Boris' coronation yesterday, Facebook was used to target ads at people. 554 versions of the same ad were sent out, asking people to 'tell Boris their views' of what was important to them.

On clicking the button to tell him, a message pops up telling you that by submitting your priority to Boris, you have given the Tories permission to use your data to send you targeted ads about their campaigns etc.

Each ad is slightly different. They're testing what works and what doesn't ahead of an election.
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Has Dom Cummings written all over it.

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Funny how Facebook came clean on the Cambridge Analytica thing just before UK fines for such things went from thousands to millions.

On the other hand ask yourself this. How much do you (not me BTW) pay for Facebook? That's right, nothing. Then ask yourself how Zuckerberg became one of the wealthiest men on the planet.

Galatians 6:7

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Worth remembering that Facebook threatened to sue the Guardian for their reporting on this.

Then of course they now have to pay a $5bn fine on the back of the Guardian's reporting.

I'm still waiting for the square tomatoes and straight bananas, it is happening right?

comment by theresgonnaebeashow (U5686)
posted 3 minutes ago
Funny how Facebook came clean on the Cambridge Analytica thing just before UK fines for such things went from thousands to millions.

On the other hand ask yourself this. How much do you (not me BTW) pay for Facebook? That's right, nothing. Then ask yourself how Zuckerberg became one of the wealthiest men on the planet.

Galatians 6:7

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Information is now genuinely more valuable than oil, the users and their information are the assets.

Monetizing that has lead them down some dark paths. Going to be hard to regulate now as well if their is even the appetite to do so (which with Boris and Trump) i can't see happening.

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comment by atheist (U2783)
posted 3 minutes ago
I'm still waiting for the square tomatoes and straight bananas, it is happening right?
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The straight bananas thing is an urban myth unlike Boris' kippers faux pas which is just another load of bolleaux emanating from his mouth.

comment by atheist (U2783)
posted 14 minutes ago
straight bananas
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Easier to insert but makes it trickier to find the P-spot.