Facebook-Cambridge Analytica: A timeline of the data hijacking scandal
Facebook is desperately trying to mend its damaged reputation following the continued fallout of a massive data scandal.
Facebook-Cambridge Analytica: A timeline of the data hijacking scandal
Facebook is desperately trying to mend its damaged reputation following the continued fallout of a massive data scandal.
Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal
The data was collected through an app called "This Is Your Digital Life", developed by data scientist Aleksandr Kogan and his company Global Science Research in 2013.[2] The app consisted of a series of questions to build psychological profiles on users, and collected the personal data of the users' Facebook friends via Facebook's Open Graph platform.[2] The app harvested the data of up to 87 million Facebook profiles.[2] Cambridge Analytica used the data to analytically assist the 2016 presidential campaigns of Ted Cruz and Donald Trump.[3][4] Cambridge Analytica was also widely accused of interfering with the Brexit referendum, although the official investigation recognised that the company was not involved "beyond some initial enquiries" and that "no significant breaches" took place.[5][6]
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Separated into its own collection. The fallout happened in 2018. Search terms: Meta, SCL Group, AggregateIQ, Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Ted Cruz, Brexit, Leave.EU, BeLeave, Trinidad and Tobago, Russia
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Domestic surveillance by DHS
Domestic surveillance by JGSDF 陸自
About the JGSDF covertly surveilling civilians within Japan that was first reported on by Kumamoto Nichi Nichi Shimbun in July 2026. There are also articles by the Okinawa Times, but they’re all paywalled. I’ve only come across one related article in English so far: japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/24/japan/politic… Search terms: Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, 陸上自衛隊
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If possible
US media
Reputations, biases, past controversies, etc. Ranked 64th out of 180 countries for 2026 in the RSF’s Press Freedom Index. (Collection mostly intended for a friend who’s neither in nor from the US.)
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Foundation
US media: Newsweek
Mozilla
Search terms: Firefox, Thunderbird
Conspiracy theory: US electoral fraud
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Do we actually know how to make cities safer for women?
British food was complex, multicultural and flavourful in the 18th century – despite what you might think
How The Heck Do Record Players Work? (An Interactive Exploration)
Male-like ornamentation in female hummingbirds results from social harassment rather than sexual selection
ICE Emails Discuss Using Palantir-Supported Tool to Investigate Voter Fraud
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant.
Black Migrants Bear Brunt of ICE's Facial Recognition Push
The Influence of AI on Human Decisions in DHS Surveillance
From Records to Raids: The Questionable Legality of ICE’s Palantir ELITE System
【社説】陸上自衛隊の個人情報収集 プライバシーの侵害は許されない：朝日新聞
【独自第7弾】陸自部隊の個人情報収集は「違法」 部隊関係者が新たな公益通報 「身分隠して収集は個人情報保護法違反」｜熊本日日新聞社
陸自「現地情報隊」が民間人の思想信条など情報収集 元隊員が証言：朝日新聞
自衛隊が一般市民を監視…？熊本日日新聞の大スクープに「大手全国紙」がまるで加勢しない異常事態（神保 太郎） | 現代ビジネス | 講談社
自衛隊の市民監視スクープが鳴らす警鐘…沖縄で起きた虐殺の歴史と「国家情報局」に見る、情報戦の行き着く先（神保 太郎） | 現代ビジネス | 講談社
【文書入手】陸自・現地情報隊が、市民の「愛国心」など思想調査／小泉防衛大臣に問う、どこが「不適切ではない」のか | Tansa
Fauci speaks out about the pandemic, global health—and his own record
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and the Rise of Italian Fascism: A Cross-City Quantitative and Historical Text Qualitative Analysis
I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little…
This Activist Group Tapped Into Partisan COVID Politics To Make Big Trouble For Anthony Fauci And The NIH
Wikimedia: Rogue OpenAI agents behind unauthorized Wikipedia edits
List of Wikipedia controversies
List of political editing incidents on Wikipedia
Deep-Research Agents Can Be Poisoned via User-Generated Content
It Is Trivially Easy to Use Reddit to Manipulate AI Search, Research Suggests
An AI Agent Was Banned From Creating Wikipedia Articles, Then Wrote Angry Blogs About Being Banned
Nicole Bedera (@nbedera.bsky.social)
AI Almost Started a U.S.–China War — and No One Seems to Care
Semafor Keeps Hosting Ridiculous “Restoring Trust In Media” Events That Only Further Undermine Trust In Media
Semafor Keeps Hosting “Restoring Trust In News” Events Stocked With Known Right Wing Bullshitters
Semafor Joins A Very Broken US Media Industry Claiming To Have Found The Cure For Eroded Trust In News. But Have They Really?
Major television networks pull out of presidential press pool following lawsuit filed against Trump by CNN, MS NOW, and ‘Politico’
Nova Rounding Border-Radius Adjustment Variables
Firefox 156 arrives with a forest of forks in its wake
While billionaires are cosplaying as astronauts Mozilla Fellows are bold enough to build alternative futures. Watch our for Rudy, Iara and…
A better future won’t just be built by billionaires.
tawk. 🗣️
For anyone else who can’t deal with the round tabs and/or wider sidebar and/or gradients on Firefox 157.0’s Nova UI Design, about:config…
Newsweek is making generative AI a fixture in its newsroom
Newsweek's Financial Connections to a Bona Fide Christian Cult
The Death of Newsweek
How Newsweek Collapsed
Dropshipping journalism
Newsweek and the Rise of the Zombie Magazine
Microsoft
Microsoft handed the government encryption keys for customer data
The Quiet Decision Microsoft Made That Devastated Thousands of Nonprofits
Once-in-a-generation moment to protect U.S. Privacy - Irish Council for Civil Liberties
ICCL report on the scale of Real-Time Bidding data broadcasts in the U.S. and Europe - Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal
ドコモ、Googleへの顧客情報提供で同意得ず 約1万6000件
Data brokers have detailed files on you. Here’s what’s in them — and how it impacts you – The Markup
How Trump’s obsession with ‘rigged’ voting machines spread across US government
Revealed: how Russia uses mobile ‘super-app’ Max to spy on its citizens
Sez Where? — Ask questions about your documents
Machine Learning Glossary | Google for Developers
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