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Sources and documents reveal how Cambridge Analytica used harvested personal information from 50M Facebook profiles to build psychological profiles of US voters — LONDON — As the upstart voter-profiling company Cambridge Analytica prepared to wade into the 2014 American midterm elections, it had a problem.
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Facebook: David Brin, Mark Chalmers, Paul Balogh, Cary Weldy, Adam Pol, Jeremy Littau, and Jennifer Taub
Tweets: @amyklobuchar, @boztank, @massago, @gabrieldance, @carolecadwalla, @mbsimon, @alexstamos, @jason, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @amir, @solomonmg, @solomonmg, @solomonmg, @solomonmg, @schwartzesque, @cliffordlevy, @smitaprakash, @counternotions, @counternotions, @schwartzesque, @natesilver538, @benedictevans, @patrickruffini, @carolecadwalla, @ankitlal, @brianschatz, @nicoleperlroth, @cbsnews, @samipaju, @rakeshlobster, @spignal, @bungatuffie, @r0h1n, @camanalytica, @nxthompson, @tayhatmaker, @pinboard, @camanalytica, @alexstamos, @pinboard, @sippey, @max_read, @mikeisaac, @issielapowsky, @ekp, @levie, @alexstamos, @samstein, @killermartinis, @chronic, @naveedajamali, @nycsouthpaw, @renato_mariotti, @anandwrites, @sivavaid, @lrozen, @zackwhittaker, @jstrauss, @dnvolz, @natashabertrand, @williamjordann, @brianmcc, @anthony, @profcarroll, @ekp, @d1gi, @snowden, @fromedome, @mikeisaac, @alexstamos, @benedictevans, @sarahfrier, @karaswisher, @pkafka, @mikeisaac, @sarahfrier, @krishnabharat, @zittrain, @kevinroose, @hadas_gold, @peterkgeoghegan, and @carnage4life
| Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian: |
Profile of Christopher Wylie, the former Cambridge Analytica employee who is now blowing the whistle on his ex-employer's data harvesting practices — Now, 28-year-old Christopher Wylie goes on the record to discuss his role in hijacking the profiles of millions of Facebook users in order to target the US electorate
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Facebook: Wayne Besen and Justin Fallon
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
How Facebook's old terms of service allowed Cambridge Analytica to get data on 50M people from just 270K users of an app that used Facebook Login — Facebook says it isn't at fault. — Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm that helped Donald Trump get elected president … | Washington Post: |
Former FTC officials say Facebook may have violated consent decree with FTC on privacy as politicians in US and UK demand more info from Zuckerberg personally — Two former federal officials who crafted the landmark consent decree governing how Facebook handles user privacy say the company …
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Washington Post, The Guardian, Business Insider, Axios, Newser, TechCrunch, The Hill, and Reuters. Tweets: @pinboard
| Caroline Linton / CBS News: |
Facebook “privately welcomed” help of Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie, then publicly suspended his account, says his attorney — Facebook announced Friday it had suspended the account of Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower from data firm Cambridge Analytica …
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Facebook: Brian Solis and John Schulz
Tweets: @alexstamos, @can, @lorenzofb, @aprilaser, @craigsilverman, @boztank, @xtrixcyclex, @newley, @oneunderscore__, @raju, @caseynewton, @boztank, @nkulw, @profcarroll, @tiffanycli, @lrozen, @nickconfessore, @gynostar, @emptywheel, @pkafka, @jayrosen_nyu, @privacymatters, @rjcc, @ericboehlert, @jason_kint, @agenthades, @martyswant, @hoarsewisperer, @vaughanbell, @ilvestoomas, @lunaperla, @emilybell, @molly_knight, @jbarro, @jbarro, @sissenberg, @caseynewton, @caseynewton, @antoniogm, @birgittaj, @carolecadwalla, @profcarroll, and @jason_kint
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon is rolling out a new “Brief Mode” for Alexa that replaces verbal confirmations with chimes — Amazon confirmed it's rolling out an optional “Brief Mode” that lets Alexa users configure their Echo devices to use chimes and sounds for confirmations, instead of having Alexa respond with her voice.
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Tweets: @peteskomoroch and @chrismessina
| Alexander J Martin / Sky News: |
Sources: Twitter will ban ads for ICOs, token sales, and cryptocurrency wallets in the next two weeks — Twitter is preparing to prohibit a range of cryptocurrency advertisements amid looming regulatory intervention in the sector. — The microblogging platform is following similar moves …
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Cointelegraph.com News, Bitcoinist.com, and Bitcoinist.com
Tweets: @jackdamn and @chrismessina
| James Cook / Business Insider: |
YouTube Kids app suggested conspiracy theory videos in search results and related videos sections — - The YouTube Kids app is meant to filter out unsuitable content, but we found that it suggested that children watch conspiracy theory videos. — The app suggested several videos …
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TechCrunch, Gizmodo, BetaNews, Engadget, and Fortune
Tweets: @jamesliamcook, @hunterwalk, @caseynewton, and @rmac18
| Neil Cybart / Above Avalon: |
Apple's projected 2018 R&D costs of ~$14B, up nearly 2x in 4 years and at a 14-year high as a percentage of revenue, hint at Apple's growing product ambitions — After a brief lull, Apple's R&D expenditures are once again exploding higher. Apple's 2Q18 financial guidance implies …
Tweets: @tim, @artasbartas, and @neilcybart
| Ananya Bhattacharya / Quartz: |
Google Maps adds “plus codes”, a simple digital addressing system, to help with navigating to places without clear addresses in countries like India — Mapping a city like New York, where streets and avenues are neatly arranged in a grid, is a piece of cake. But a city in India is a different animal.
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Official Google India Blog, 9to5Google, James Fee, Firstpost, ZDNet, NDTV Gadgets 360, Firstpost, Android Authority, Bloomberg, Slate, and Boing Boing
Tweets: @brijwaasi and @laurencza
| Sarah Jeong / The Verge: |
A guide to American music copyright laws, which have enabled Wixen Publishing to sue Spotify for $1.6B and which have failed to respond to technological change — The hidden costs of streaming music — Spotify is finally gearing up to go public, and the company's February 28th filing … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Oslo-based quiz app Kahoot! announces $17M in funding, sources say at a $100M valuation, to further its premium subscription services following a change in CEO — When we wrote about gaming startup Kahoot passing significant milestones of 70 million users on 51 million educational quizzes in January …
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