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David Carroll 🦅
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You couldn’t pay me to install an Alexa in my home. Ok maybe a million dollars. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Also: AI is still bullshit. It’s made of people.
Why a million dollars? Well, when I first requested my Cambridge Analytica data it cost £10. Then British lawyers came out of the woodwork to represent my data quest to fully excercise my data rights. Then its value inflated beyond a million dollars in legal fees on contingency.
Data isn’t the new oil. Its valuation is far more elastic than an equivalent extractable commodity. Your data is either worth nothing, a pittance, or a small fortune. It all depends.
Just look at Facebook’s ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) and how much it varies by region. You don’t even need to be litigious to see the elasticity. statista.com/statistics/251…
Data is not the new oil.
It’s something worse.
#SurveillanceCapitalism
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Holding #CambridgeAnalytica accountable was costly. Chip in some pound sterling for a silver lining on the liquidation: We confirmed that it’s part of an ongoing investigation in the US. Now I’m wondering if it’s Referral 1 in Appendix D of #MuellerReport? crowdjustice.com/case/scl/?s=420
(fwiw this is the opposite of grifting: where one puts their personal financial security on the line in the public interest and then asks the public to contribute to covering costs. It’s more like the public radio model of transnational private action and regulatory arbitrage.)
Screenshot sources from above:
1. Mueller Report PDF justice.gov/sco
2. CA/SCL Liquidation Order PDF judiciary.uk/judgments/vinc…
3. Ibid
4. Crowe’s Progress Report PDF (12 Dec 2018) beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/082562…
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I’m deeply disappointed to share this news with you. The judge ruled against me. I’m so sorry to say this but it looks like Cambridge Analytica got away with it. They’ll now be liquidated despite @ICOnews describing mass data abuse in US elections in report to @CommonsCMS.
Please pledge to my legal defense fund as I will liable for costs even though I put myself at great risk in the public interest. Every donation makes a difference and now I really need people to show their support for this cause. crowdjustice.com/case/scl/
If you read the judgement you’ll realize that this particular statement by the ICO to DCMS (submitted as evidence) was completely disregarded by Justice Norris as to whether the administrators showed bias against me as a data claimant or a public interest consideration. Stunning.
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A fresh look at the fresh hell inside of Facebook as it lurches from scandal to scandal. wired.com/story/facebook…
Disappointing that Cambridge Analytica’s unlawful conduct still gets papered over in these various recapitulations. The findings of ICO to Parliament rarely ever get mentioned in the press. THEY BROKE UK LAW IN THE US ELECTIONS.
—wired.com/story/one-mans…
—ico.org.uk/action-weve-ta…
Speculation over whether Cambridge Analytica was effective is a fool’s errand. There are no data nor control groups to prove anything either way. Why do folks take that bait when the real debate is whether it was lawful or not? The real story is how they may get away with it.
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