Posted on 12/11/2015 12:40:46 PM PST by McGruff
Ted Cruz's presidential campaign is using psychological data based on research spanning tens of millions of Facebook users, harvested largely without their permission, to boost his surging White House run and gain an edge over Donald Trump and other Republican rivals, the Guardian can reveal.
A little-known data company, now embedded within Cruz's campaign and indirectly financed by his primary billionaire benefactor, paid researchers at Cambridge University to gather detailed psychological profiles about the US electorate using a massive pool of mainly unwitting US Facebook users built with an online survey.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
I wouldn’t mind if he hijacked some of my in-laws Facebook accounts.
Facebook harvests data on millions of unwitting Facebook users. It’s kind of their business model.
when the rats do this, it’s cool and hip and super tech savvy
Oh, the hugh Manatees.
Grow up, Guardian.
How’z Dorkbama the Muslim working out for ya?
We think he is the baseline from which all intelligence is measured.
If Obama had done this (and I’m not convinced he hasn’t) the MSM would be crowing about how high tech & modern his organization is.
Uh Oh.
True but for the purpose of their own political sides benefit.
Zuckerburg has got to be puking at the thought of Cruz using this data... LOL!!!!
The LIE hidden amongst the TRUTH.
That data was harvested largely with their awareness, but it was not without their permission.
You gotta read that fine print when you register.
Besides, the whole concept of FACEBOOK was to be able to mine the treasure of data that people would happily provide. When it tells you that so and so has the same interests as you..... not understanding how it knows that is just ignorance of the obvious.
LOLOL...good luck, I took my face book down along time ago....nothing there but ‘crickets’ now....
LOL!!
.....’to boost his surging White House run’...
Surging!
so what?
"Obama dominated the social media space because his team got how networks work. The real power of social media is not in the number of posts or Tweets but in user engagement measured by content spreadability. For example, Obama logged twice as many Facebook “Likes†and nearly 20 times as many re-tweets as Romney. With his existing social media base and spreadable content, Obama had far superior reach."
How Obama Won the Social Media Battle in the 2012 Presidential Campaign
the MSM would be crowing about how high tech & modern his organization is.
They did that too. Same article I linked.
It’s definitely registering way up there on my give a crap meter. I will worry about it after I finish sorting my socks
FaceBook is a TOOL for all.
I long ago signed-up for Ted Cruz and sent donations to him.
Like I continue to state: I will be perfectly HAPPY if Ted Cruz is our nominee.
TRMP or CRUZ. PERIOD.
unwitting Facebook users,
but I repeat myself
I was going to vote for him but now I'm voting Hillary!
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