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 @popester said in Non-IT News Thread: Is there any truth to the Zuckerberg dodging stock loss by dumping stock? Could it be illegal? I find it harder and harder to believe anything I read or hear.  He'd have to dump an insane amount of stock to offset anything. But generally he'd have the right to sell any amount of stock that he wants. 
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 Unless there is insider trading. 
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 Ex-Employee of Facebook Exposes that company may have made similar user data available to tens or hundreds of thousands of companies, just like they did for Cambridge Analytics. 
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 Now is the time for someone to create a blockchain based social media system where the end user controls their data and how it is shared. 
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 @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread: Ex-Employee of Facebook Exposes that company may have made similar user data available to tens or hundreds of thousands of companies, just like they did for Cambridge Analytics. "Project Targus."? 
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 @kelly said in Non-IT News Thread: Now is the time for someone to create a blockchain based social media system where the end user controls their data and how it is shared. Interesting idea. 
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 @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread: @kelly said in Non-IT News Thread: Now is the time for someone to create a blockchain based social media system where the end user controls their data and how it is shared. Interesting idea. Want to be the next Zukerberg? 
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 @nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread: @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread: @kelly said in Non-IT News Thread: Now is the time for someone to create a blockchain based social media system where the end user controls their data and how it is shared. Interesting idea. Want to be the next Zukerberg? "And, as a bonus, our videos don't auto play!" 
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 @kelly said in Non-IT News Thread: @nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread: @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread: @kelly said in Non-IT News Thread: Now is the time for someone to create a blockchain based social media system where the end user controls their data and how it is shared. Interesting idea. Want to be the next Zukerberg? "And, as a bonus, our videos don't auto play!" Now that's just a pipe dream. 
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 @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread: UK, EU, and US all investigating Facebook over selling user data to CA. I wonder why it was no big deal in 2012? 
 http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/20/friended-how-the-obama-campaign-connected-with-young-voters/
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 @popester said in Non-IT News Thread: @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread: UK, EU, and US all investigating Facebook over selling user data to CA. I wonder why it was no big deal in 2012? 
 http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/20/friended-how-the-obama-campaign-connected-with-young-voters/Adding people as friends and buying private data about random people are totally different activities. 
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 @popester said in Non-IT News Thread: @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread: UK, EU, and US all investigating Facebook over selling user data to CA. I wonder why it was no big deal in 2012? 
 http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/20/friended-how-the-obama-campaign-connected-with-young-voters/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/facebooks-cambridge-analytica-scandal-explained/ 
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 @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread: @popester said in Non-IT News Thread: @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread: UK, EU, and US all investigating Facebook over selling user data to CA. I wonder why it was no big deal in 2012? 
 http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/20/friended-how-the-obama-campaign-connected-with-young-voters/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/facebooks-cambridge-analytica-scandal-explained/ Now I see. Cambridge paid for the app under the umbrella of "Academic Purposes". Yep, that's a romper room No No. 
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 [Cambridge Analytica admits their illegal data and actions were responsible for Trump winning three states](He said that the work the company did, including research, analytics and targeted campaigning, allowed Mr Trump to win with a narrow margin of "40,000 votes" in three states.) and claims to have run his campaign. 
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 @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread: [Cambridge Analytica admits their illegal data and actions were responsible for Trump winning three states](He said that the work the company did, including research, analytics and targeted campaigning, allowed Mr Trump to win with a narrow margin of "40,000 votes" in three states.) and claims to have run his campaign. I guess I am done with politics. It seems to boil down to the last liar wins......  
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 @popester said in Non-IT News Thread: @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread: [Cambridge Analytica admits their illegal data and actions were responsible for Trump winning three states](He said that the work the company did, including research, analytics and targeted campaigning, allowed Mr Trump to win with a narrow margin of "40,000 votes" in three states.) and claims to have run his campaign. I guess I am done with politics. It seems to boil down to the lastbest liar wins...... FTFY. 
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 @popester said in Non-IT News Thread: @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread: UK, EU, and US all investigating Facebook over selling user data to CA. I wonder why it was no big deal in 2012? 
 http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/20/friended-how-the-obama-campaign-connected-with-young-voters/Because Obama isnt a lying sack of shit fraudster for the last 40 years. 
 This isnt even the same thing that the Trump campaign and Cambridge did.






