Reply to post: Re: Murky water

Cambridge Analytica CEO suspended – and that's not even the worst news for them today

Jellied Eel Silver badge

Re: Murky water

Nope. The Obama App did the same and slurped 'friends' data as well. Main difference is that happened pre-2014 when Facepalm changed their T&Cs to 'stop' app developers doing their own networking. Or networking without paying Facepalm for the data. And of course once the slurp's occurred, Facepalm has virtually no control over that data.

So CA isn't alone in doing the social network thing, and neither is it the only practioner of the dark arts. See the Steele dodgy dossier for more info. The light's been shone onto CA, but they're far from unique in performing dirty tricks for their clients. What it'll hopefully mean is ethics during political campaigning is something that more than just the MP for Brentwood should be concerned about.

(It's a tad embarrassing that a British firm may have influenced the Trump more than the Russians. But at least CA charged/spent more.)

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