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culturedgoat t1_j1f4jkg wrote

Reply to comment by SimbaOnSteroids in Meta settles Cambridge Analytica class-action lawsuit for $725 million / The company gained access to the personal information of millions of Facebook users by Sorin61

Not sure what point you’re trying to make? The Cambridge Analytica data collection was all done via public APIs.

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SimbaOnSteroids t1_j1f4pjs wrote

The person you were replying to was implying the NSA (other alphabet soup agencies) have special access that’s not listed in their public facing API’s.

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culturedgoat t1_j1f579z wrote

What does that have to do with Cambridge Analytica?

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SimbaOnSteroids t1_j1f830t wrote

Only that they’re likely committing the same gross ethics violations, but likely on a larger scale.

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