Aleksandr Kogan
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No, you can’t cash in if your Facebook data was leaked to Cambridge AnalyticaFor many annoyed to find their Facebook data was leaked to Cambridge Analytica, a $22,455 payout would soften the blow. But that's not likely to happen.TechApr 14, 2018
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Facebook app ‘This Is Your Digital Life’ collected users’ direct messages: reportThe app's creator, Aleksandr Kogan, said the messaging data was used for an academic research project about emojis, and not shared with Cambridge Analytica.TechApr 13, 2018
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Here’s who’s using your Facebook activity to get inside your headWhile it's well-known that Facebook allows businesses to mine data from user profiles, the Cambridge Analytica controversy put the spotlight on data mined for academic and political purposes.PoliticsMar 21, 2018
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How Cambridge Analytica’s use of 50 million Facebook users’ data turned into a scandalFacebook has come under fire this week for allowing the data of over 50 million users to be accessed by the political and corporate consulting firm, who worked with the Trump campaign during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.PoliticsMar 21, 2018
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Facebook data scandal researcher Aleksandr Kogan says he’s just a ‘scapegoat’Facebook has been rocked this week by a whistleblower who said that Cambridge Analytica, a British-based firm hired by Trump for his election campaign, had improperly accessed information on millions of Facebook users to build detailed profiles on American voters.PoliticsMar 21, 2018
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