Cambridge Analytica

Erik Prince and Big Data

Published by David Isenberg 1 Comment

by David Isenberg Revelations that data-consulting firm Cambridge Analytica used ill-gotten personal information from Facebook for the Trump campaign masks the more scandalous reality that the company is firmly ensconced in the U.S. military-industrial complex. As The New York Review… Continue Reading →

Personal Information, Government, and the Not-So-Private Sector

Published by Paul Pillar 1 Comment

by Paul R. Pillar Though fully justified, the sudden attention paid to the exploitation, including for political purposes, of information on millions of Facebook users in ways that ought to make those users uncomfortable—and to how Facebook does not seem… Continue Reading →