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23 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
1. Against better judgement, I tap “Show more replies”
2. Account name has more random digits than the president’s looming debt
3. Scroll thru the sketchy AF TL
4. Gain first hand understanding why the Twitter algo marked this garbage account in the “Show more replies”
We did not have this feature in the lead-up to the last election!
*presidential elections in 2016 which was awash in poisonous digital toxicity with no remediation whatsoever, not the 2018 midterms, but you knew what I was talking about
Tapping “Show more replies” in 2020 is how we remind ourselves how bad it was in 2016.

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24 Oct
Facebook sends its attack dogs against the NYU Ad Observatory for its essential work studying effects of ad targeting on the political process. This is disgusting, especially knowing there are actual data abusers out there actually selling Facebook data to political operatives.
Why isn’t Facebook going after Bridgetree!? They’ve been flagrantly *selling* scraped Facebook profiles for years! Is it because Bridgetree services the GOP and Facebook is afraid to give Joel Kaplan heartburn? Better attack the academics instead. Facebook is a malign force. Image
Here is head of Bridgetree boasting to Cambridge Analytica of its “very large scraping capabilities” and this a month after Facebook’s Allison Hendrix asked Alexander Nix to delete the Kogan data. So they went shopping for Facebook data elsewhere! But Facebook will do nothing. Image
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23 Oct
Miami Herald partners with Channel4 and studies their Cambridge Analytica database leak from 2016 and conclude that its voter deterrence campaign was effective in Florida. #DeterringDemocracy #TheGreatHack miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
Amazing interview with a GOP activist on how they justify their Black vote deterrence campaigns.
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21 Oct
Enjoy this uncritical and glossy coverage of Matt Oczkowski that doesn’t mention:
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–AP’s alleged illegal campaign coordination story
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Is anyone going to ask Oz for a comment on @Channel4News coverage of the deterrence campaign in a clever weasel worded denial? Or do we just him let him go with the “no comment” strategy and hope for the best? channel4.com/news/revealed-…
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16 Oct
One for more time folks! It doesn’t matter if you think Cambridge Analytica wasn’t “effective” but it really does matter if they were an illegal operation. And ⁦@CampaignLegal⁩ now alleges serious illegal coordination in ‘16 via ⁦@garanceburke⁩ apnews.com/article/electi…
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14 Oct
“Ads advocating for or against legislation around vaccines are still allowed if they carry a 'paid for by' label”

Money talks. Freedom of speech with disclosure requirements. It’s the system we’ve built. My secret Delaware LLC can fund anti-vaxx ads.
And when I’m exposed and shamed, I’ll just abandon my secret Delaware LLC is bankruptcy court like the Mercers did with Cambridge Analytica.
I’ve actually abandoned a Delaware corporation in my career. I’m not just talking smack. It’s super easy!
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11 Oct
Guardian editorial sharply criticizes those who have almost hysterically downplayed the ICO’s letter about the Cambridge Analytica investigation, distorting the key findings to suit a particular narrative. I will add a detail… theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
The ICO is now re-analyzing the servers after I sent the data given to me on camera by @Channel4News which was much more expansive than what SCL provided and yet matches descriptions of Cambridge Analytica data perfectly, including exact data broker sources and other aspects.
Key reminder by Info Commish: “Cambridge Analytica has since collapsed; if it hadn’t, it would probably have attracted further regulatory action, she added.”

Because SCL committed mass data abuse against all US voters but it escaped liability thru insolvency/bankruptcy!
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