Have you ever looked someone up online to get a better sense of who they are? What data did you use? Americans have thousands of data points about themselves floating online, and some companies are more than happy to collect that data and use it however they see fit. Cambridge Analytica used it to try to influence elections all over the world. The scandal shocked the world when it came to light, but how illegal was their data collection? And how effective were they at influencing people’s behavior? This week we get into all of the Dirty Data.
00:00:00 Catch-Up
00:37:41 Dirty Data Dump
00:46:16 The Birth
00:54:59 Wait... So what are they doing?
01:00:14 Trinidad and Tobago: A Case Study
01:04:55 Sink or Swim
01:13:22 SCL America? Cambridge Analytica
01:22:56 Bringing in the Ringer
01:27:48 Changing the Game
01:37:06 From the Battlefield to the Pollbox
01:46:05 Brexit
01:56:26 Cruz Campaign
02:06:08 Trump Campaign
02:09:47 Whistleblowing
02:21:12 The Hearings
02:23:08 Brittany Kaiser
02:32:21 Testimony
02:37:33 Should this be Allowed?
02:48:26 Legacy
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