[kictanet] Cambridge Analytica

[Ali Hussein]

You raise critical issues Emmanuel and Coach.

It seems Facebook is starting to take critical action.

Christopher Wylie (@chrisinsilico) tweeted at 2:37 pm on Sun, Mar 18, 2018:
Suspended by @facebook. For blowing the whistle. On something they have
known privately for 2 years. https://t.co/iSu6VwqUdG
(https://twitter.com/chrisinsilico/status/975335430043389952?s=03)

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Ali Hussein

On Sun, 18 Mar 2018, 1:47 am Emmanuel Chebukati via kictanet, <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> The cock has indeed come home to roost.
>
> For me, it is time social media giants stopped telling us what data is
> being requested by an app (i.e. friends, statuses, etc) and started telling
> us what the app wants to do with the data (targeted advertising, political
> persuasion, etc). This is because users are not aware of the possibilities
> when they voluntarily give out their data.
>
> See this form when applying for a Twitter Dev account clearly requesting
> use-cases for data to be collected:
>
> Since they have the use-case information, why not leave it to the user to
> decide which use cases they’re comfortable with and opt out of those
> they’re not? Then find a way way to manage use-case changes and inform the
> users thereto.
>
> I, for instance, may be comfortable with my data being used for targeted
> advertising of a local coffee shop but not for academic research.
>
> As for Cambridge Analytica, without condoning their behavior - especially
> lying about the use-cases of the data -, I pose the question: Where do we
> draw the line between political persuasion and manipulation of voters?
> Politicians are allowed to persuade voters to their side but when does it
> become wrong - especially on digital platforms?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> EC
>
> On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 10:01 PM, Timothy- Coach- Oriedo via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> The cock has finally come home to roost?
>>
>> As Data Scientists, we have for long pointed out Cambridge Analyticas
>> dirty hands in mining data below is a statement from facebook newroom today
>> detailing the extent of their aberration that's led to their subsequent
>> suspension.  Problem is there are a myriad of other apps out there still
>> mining information from our phones and modelling nuanced  targeted
>> advertising that influences our decisions subliminally.
>>
>>
>> https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/03/suspending-cambridge-analytica/
>>
>> My previous articles that mentioned their work....
>>
>>
>> https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/africa/2017-07-17-kenyas-social-media-election-attack-ads-and-data-mining/
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/analysis/Why-data-driven-news-generation-reporting-has-come--age/539548-3810070-j3drfu/index.html
>>
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