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Watched the deeply probing #facebookat15 by @LaurieSegall but noticed that the Cambridge Analytica topic zips by without exploring that firm’s kompromat, voter suppression tactics, and UK lawbreaking in favor of the usual psychographics red herring.
We’ve known since Dec 2017 that Cambridge Analytica’s docs were sought by Mueller. Guilty-pleading Sam Patten worked for Cambridge Analytica prior to working with Manafort and Kilimnik. Flynn had a gig. Nix lied to House Intel Committee. ProjectAlamo? Not covered in #facebookat15
Senator Mark Warner’s interview references “a political consultancy with close ties to Russia” but it’s pretty ambiguous to me in the edit if he’s referring to the Internet Research Agency or Cambridge Analytica. #facebookat15
Since psychographic efficacy is impossible to test, GOP operatives and skeptics pushed the snake oil trope, both of them eager to downplay. Meanwhile as lawbreaking in the UK and black ops got exposed the huckster cover story felt flimsy. #facebookat15 doesn’t poke at any of it.
2 names you won’t hear in #facebookat15: Kogan & Chancellor. Both collaborated with Facebook directly. They did the data harvesting as directed by SCL/CA. Facebook hired Chancellor and then mysteriously dismissed him once the press and lawmakers asked about him. It’s complicated.
There’s an understandable need to zip thru the Cambridge Analytica Facebook scandal in a soundbyte for #facebookat15. They stole millions of Likes, lied, and worked for Trump. Oh well. Good thing an Attorney General asks better questions. It’s complicated. documentcloud.org/documents/5637… 
It was an historic moment when the UK government told Facebook’s auditors swooping in on Cambridge Analytica/SCL HQ in London to STAND DOWN. Didn’t make the cut for #facebookat15. It’s complicated. cnbc.com/2018/03/20/uk-…
