Palantir confirms a staff link with Cambridge Analytica

Palantir confirms a staff link with Cambridge Analytica

Turns out there is a link between Peter Thiel’s secretive big data analytics firm, Palantir, and Cambridge Analytica — the political consulting firm at the center of the current Facebook data misuse scandal. Facebook responds to data misuse Starting in 2013, the New York Times reports that a UK-based Palantir employee worked with Cambridge Analytica — going […]

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Zuckerberg refuses UK parliament summons over Fb data misuse

Zuckerberg refuses UK parliament summons over Fb data misuse

So much for ‘We are accountable‘; Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has declined a summons from a UK parliamentary committee that’s investigating how social media data is being used, and — as recent revelations suggest misused — for political ad targeting. The DCMS committee wrote to Zuckerberg on March 20 — following newspaper reports based on […]

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SearchCap: Google mobile first indexing, Bing side bar ads and intelligent search expands

SearchCap: Google mobile first indexing, Bing side bar ads and intelligent search expands

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. The post SearchCap: Google mobile first indexing, Bing side bar ads and intelligent search expands appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article. Build your free WordPress website […]

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