Cambridge Analytica
A failed startup suggested that Facebook mounted what could be described as mass surveillance.
The firm at the center of the Facebook data hack made the decision after suffering a sharp drop in business.
“We’re seeing a resegregation of society that’s catalyzed by algorithms,” Wylie said Wednesday.
News of the investigation comes two months after the company was accused of harvesting 87 million Facebook users’ personal data.
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Rohit Chopra, a Trump appointee to the Federal Trade Commission, took a not-so-subtle jab at the tech giant.
The investigation was launched in response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
The action could pave way for millions of Facebook users to go after the Trump-linked firm.
The political research firm said it has been the subject of “numerous unfounded accusations.”
Aleksandr Kogan said he assumed people were aware that their data was being taken, but just didn't care.
Trump vilified Muslims the same way Hitler vilified Jews, Nigel Oakes said.