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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Topic started by: TomSea on March 18, 2018, 01:49:08 am

Title: Inquiry into Trump campaign data firm
Post by: TomSea on March 18, 2018, 01:49:08 am

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Inquiry into Trump campaign data firm
The attorney general for the US state of Massachusetts is launching an investigation into alleged harvesting of Facebook profiles by a firm employed by Donald Trump's election campaign.

Investigations by the Observer and New York Times newspapers claim details from 50 million profiles were gathered without the users' knowledge.

The company, Cambridge Analytica, was suspended from Facebook on Friday.

Continued at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43444791 (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43444791)

Title: Re: Inquiry into Trump campaign data firm
Post by: LauraTXNM on March 18, 2018, 06:54:45 am

I hope everyone is paying attention to this story.  This is a serious issue that goes far beyond just Cambridge Analytica. 

As far as Cambridge A goes, they actually tried to buy similar research data from a friend of my husband.  When our friend turned them down because he felt it was unethical, they apparently hired someone to produce their own ;(.

Title: Re: Inquiry into Trump campaign data firm
Post by: TomSea on March 18, 2018, 06:04:08 pm

Wow. That is interesting LauraTXNM

Title: Re: Inquiry into Trump campaign data firm
Post by: LauraTXNM on March 19, 2018, 01:03:26 am

Quote from: TomSea on March 18, 2018, 06:04:08 pm

Wow. That is interesting LauraTXNM

Apparently our friend has been getting phone calls and texts all weekend about this.