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Secretly Harvesting Facebook Data Helped Decide the 2016 Election

Posted on March 20, 2018 by David Posnett

On March 17th, The Guardian and The New York Times published a groundbreaking article about whistleblower Christopher Wylie and his role in harvesting Facebook data used by Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm contracted by the Trump campaign. Wylie asserts … Continue reading →

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Fake News

Posted on March 20, 2017 by David Posnett

The issue of “fake news” has been bothering me:  East Hampton Star under Guest Words. Along with the disdain of the current administration for science or any real data for that matter, just consider the infantile debate on the attendance … Continue reading →

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