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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Anybody watching this? This company are basically tampering with elections!
Im glad mentally im astute enough to not be fooled by wild accusations & fake news, but theres a lot of people who, when you tap into their fears will vote for whatever neutralises that, even if it isnt in their best interests!
This is crazy! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If it's not the Tories it's the Americans or the Russians or some geeks from Cambridge or Nigel farage.
That dude who owns facebook is a complete chunt who needs novichoking  |
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By *fcdTV/TS
over a year ago
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They’re shady as fuck. They have been in the news regularly for months now in relation to the US and Brexit voting. It’s only just become higher profile due to the Guardian publishing some investigation results. |
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These huge IT companies have enormous powers but little restraining them. Recent elections were swayed by them serving up ads and information that were as unique as you are, with complete tailoring to the highly detailed understanding they have of you.
Money buys power. The governments will do little about it. |
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"These huge IT companies have enormous powers but little restraining them. Recent elections were swayed by them serving up ads and information that were as unique as you are, with complete tailoring to the highly detailed understanding they have of you.
Money buys power. The governments will do little about it. "
Not sure much can realistically be done about it. Its the way the internet runs. These days everything you do on the www is used as 'data' for companies to target you with specific features, articles, blogs, ads etc etc that they 'think' you want to see. And it will only get more sophisticated as time goes on.
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"These huge IT companies have enormous powers but little restraining them. Recent elections were swayed by them serving up ads and information that were as unique as you are, with complete tailoring to the highly detailed understanding they have of you.
Money buys power. The governments will do little about it.
Not sure much can realistically be done about it. Its the way the internet runs. These days everything you do on the www is used as 'data' for companies to target you with specific features, articles, blogs, ads etc etc that they 'think' you want to see. And it will only get more sophisticated as time goes on."
For the most part it probably doesn't matter but it does mean it's very easy for certain other 'groups' be they governmental, commercial, political, religious or otherwise to target what 'information' (propaganda?) we get to see. |
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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago
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If only one company is acting dubiously here I would be quite surprised. How many apps have people downloaded that are faddy or don't actually serve the purpose you thought they did. How many apps have you used that you no longer use or have become obsolete? How many games have you played that have terms and conditions 'to have access to pictures, messaging, contacts, etc etc' for no apparent reason. They are fun and enjoyable but they are designed to coax out personal information not least collect all your data for no apparent reason. When you realise that passwords are usually maiden names, pet names, partial addresses, possibly with dates of birth. There is a lot of data given to anonymous sources that we have no idea about. |
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"should be made illegal surely"
So difficult to police, just purely from a technical point of view. Throw in the added fact that there are no geographical or political boundaries, it becomes something that we have to live with an understand. Schools need to be making youngsters truly aware of how far reaching the influences and controls on the internet can potentially be. |
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"should be made illegal surely
So difficult to police, just purely from a technical point of view. Throw in the added fact that there are no geographical or political boundaries, it becomes something that we have to live with an understand. Schools need to be making youngsters truly aware of how far reaching the influences and controls on the internet can potentially be. "
Lots of things are difficult to police - terrorism, slavery, fraud, murder. Doesn't mean we should give up on policing and punishing. |
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"These huge IT companies have enormous powers but little restraining them. Recent elections were swayed by them serving up ads and information that were as unique as you are, with complete tailoring to the highly detailed understanding they have of you.
Money buys power. The governments will do little about it.
Not sure much can realistically be done about it. Its the way the internet runs. These days everything you do on the www is used as 'data' for companies to target you with specific features, articles, blogs, ads etc etc that they 'think' you want to see. And it will only get more sophisticated as time goes on.
For the most part it probably doesn't matter but it does mean it's very easy for certain other 'groups' be they governmental, commercial, political, religious or otherwise to target what 'information' (propaganda?) we get to see. "
I think that certain activities could be made more explicitly illegal, with campaign expenditure potentially having greater detail and inclusion of internet activities, as well as limitations.
Attempts to discourage voting could certainly be viewed as undemocratic, if targeted against your opposition, as an example.
As spending levels on internet campaigning is likely to increase and has done since the New York elections where it was first seen as highly effective, then it's going to be increasingly important that the actors involved clean up their act. The deterrent against this will be the parties themselves as well as some candidates, who potentially seek gains from having minimal/light controls upon how their money is spent. So it's a self-regulating issue in many ways, unless we're talking about rogue states, interfering outside of their borders: these could also be controlled for, if the likes of fbook etc are willing to cooperate. |
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