Facebook's Business Model
Cal Newport discusses how Cambridge Analytica's actions were not exceptional, but rather a reflection of Facebook's business model of scraping data and targeting ads. He argues that Facebook tried to downplay the extent of their data collection and make it seem like an isolated incident, but the political anger surrounding the issue prevented their tactics from being successful.In this clip
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