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"Cambridge Analytica, the marketing research company at the heart of the Facebook data breach, is shutting down, according to reports. Parent company, SCL Group, said it was shutting its U.S. offices during a Wednesday conference call with employees." foxnews.com/tech/2018/05/02/cambridge-analytica-shutting-down-reports-say.html
Cambridge Analytica denied the accusations levied against it by Facebook and others, but said it could not correct the "unfounded accusations," even as it hired Queen's Counsel Julian Malins to conduct an independent investigation into the company's practices surrounding its political activities.
"Despite Cambridge Analytica’s unwavering confidence that its employees have acted ethically and lawfully, which view is now fully supported by Mr. Malins’ report, the siege of media coverage has driven away virtually all of the Company’s customers and suppliers," the company added in the release. "As a result, it has been determined that it is no longer viable to continue operating the business, which left Cambridge Analytica with no realistic alternative to placing the Company into administration."
(Score: 2, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday May 03 2018, @02:12PM (4 children)
We used the Facebook stuff in the primary, we didn't use it in the general. Because Deep Root Analytics (with our GOP) has better cyber. The digital for 198 million people. But CA did tremendous work. BUILD THE WALL, LOCK HER UP, DRAIN THE SWAMP, THE DEEP STATE and many more -- those were all CA. They came up with all those, they did the focus groups for all that. So I could just do me. And I won overwhelmingly. Mission accomplished!!!!
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 03 2018, @02:45PM (3 children)
Why I cannot put this clown on ignore. It is beyond retarded how lacking the preferences interface is.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Thursday May 03 2018, @03:05PM
I think you can do something like that with the friend/foe thing. Not really sure how it works, but I think it gives him an automatic negative rating on each post. Or, maybe after you make him a foe, you can opt to give him an automatic negative. Once you make him a foe, and give him negative karma, then browse at +2 or +5 or even +leventy-leven. You don't "have to" read anyone's post, submission, or much of anything else.
Of course, I think that's a bit silly. I don't have a friend or a foe, and I browse at minus-leventy-leven. I see it all. Out of years of experience, I can tune out the wife, I can tune out yowling cats, tune out the television, tune out the boss (both on the radio, and in person) and I can tune out most half-wit posts on a forum.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 03 2018, @03:13PM
The real shame is not being able to ignore specific Anonymous Cowards.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday May 03 2018, @03:54PM
Is it really that hard to SWIPE UP when you see "realDonaldTrump writes" on top of the story? Or you see my name on a tweet. It's not hard, believe me. So many haters & losers always griping and bitching!!