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What Do Influencers Do, Exactly?
Thanks to Cambridge Analytica and Facebook, more people becoming aware of “microtargeting” campaigns on social media. Used by pretty much every company on the internet, these are designed to change your behavior. They might be encouraging you to vote for a certain candidate or to buy certain products. But what role do influencers – the…
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Alleged Co-Owners Of Mugshots.com Charged With Extortion
The California Attorney General announced criminal charges against four men it claims are the owners and operators of Mugshots.com. The website has been under fire for years over its practice of scraping law enforcement websites to publish mugshots and often incomplete criminal records. It then demands large fees through a sister site for removing the…
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Hacker Hijacks California Congressional Debate To Broadcast Gay Porn
Voters in California’s 1st congressional district tuned in Thursday night to a live stream of a political forum intended to highlight two candidates running for office. What they got instead was a brief clip of gay porn, the result of the broadcast being hijacked by hackers.
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The Tattered Remains Of Cambridge Analytica Just Filed For Bankruptcy In The US
Cambridge Analytica, the shady data firm accused of misusing the data of millions of Facebook users, filed for bankruptcy in the US late Thursday. The news is hardly shocking — the firm announced that it had filed for insolvency in the UK earlier this month with bankruptcy proceedings in the US to soon follow.