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Post-Cambridge Analytica, Facebook doesn’t want to desert academia

01/05/2018

The political targeting firm Cambridge Analytica may be synonymous with Facebook’s current mess, but it got the Facebook profiles it misused through a middleman, academic Alexsandr Kogan. Kogen has recently said he’s been scapegoated by both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, but the fact remains that...
The targeting firm Cambridge Analytica may be synonymous with Facebook’s current mess, but it got the Facebook profiles it misused through a middleman, academic Alexsandr Kogan. Kogen has recently said he’s been scapegoated by both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, but the fact remains that when Facebook gave him access to user information, which he … Continue reading “Post-Cambridge Analytica, Facebook doesn’t want to desert academia” The targeting firm Cambridge Analytica may be synonymous with Facebook’s current mess, but it got the Facebook profiles it misused through a middleman, academic Alexsandr Kogan. Kogen has recently said he’s been scapegoated by both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, but the fact remains that when Facebook gave him access to user information, which he extracted via a quiz, the company thought he was using it for research purposes.Read Full Story
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