This chapter investigates the unethical data harvesting by Cambridge Analytica from millions of Facebook users and its connections to the Trump 2016 campaign. It highlights the fallout of the scandal, Facebook's response, and the broader implications for social media ethics, privacy, and consent.
Today Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted the social media giant “made mistakes” in the Cambridge Analytica scandal and vowed to fix them. The UK-based company improperly acquired the data of some 50 million Facebook users, and revealed how easily our info can be sold to third parties without our knowledge. Recode’s Kurt Wagner explains, then ProPublica’s Julia Angwin talks about the endgame: brainwashing the masses.
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