Hi everyone!
The whole world is looking at Facebook and Cambridge Analytica case. I'm sure that everyone heard about it. This article is only short summary:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/10/facebook-cambridge-analytica-a-timeline-of-the-data-hijacking-scandal.html
I have some questions for you:
1) Do you think that sending personalized ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
2) What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
3) Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
4) Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact than don't using Facebook?
1) Do you think that sending personalized ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to say clearly whether personalized ads had a big impact on Trump voters and the final results of he campaign. I believe that these ads had impact on some groups of people. These ads offered those people exactly what they needed. If somebody fears for example immigrants these ads would offer some ‚solutions’.
2) What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
Let’s take for example the activity on forums or comments on articles. It is believed that many of appearing posts are written by ‚trolls’. I think that such opinions have a great impact on forming the public opinion even when we think that such content does not have an impact.
3) Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
I see only threats. We don’t tell everything about ourselves to strangers so why can’t we see such basic similarity?
4) Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact than don't using Facebook?
Unfortunately, I don’t. However, consciousness may help in the whole problem.
That's the point! The ads get us what we need and what we want to hear. It's the most dangerous in all this behaviour. Now, politicians don't have to use typical, popular slogan to impact on many voters.
DeleteIn my opinion in Poland many person, specially older would be susceptible to suggestions (especially older people).
I see one adventage of this situation. Why we can't use this data to propagate eco-solutions or similar good behaviour?
1) Do you think that sending personalised ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
ReplyDeleteWell we talk about Americans and my personal opinion about intelligence of this nation is not the best frankly speaking. I don’t want to go into details, but shortly saying I think it had big impact. Of course psychological tricks are in every advertisement, so it is proven scientifically that they work. Still there is so many people who do not know about those tricks and they fall easily into them. Of course it is hard or even impossible to prove it, especially after quite a long time since it happened, but maybe for the sake of future events like that it should be some research made by professionals.
2) What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
Well as I said those ads are made to work otherwise who would spend so much money on something that does not work. But I don’t think that our nation did not notice that there is something suspicious and probably very quickly they would be gone.
3) Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
Of course it is unethical and basic human rights are not satisfied which is enough to make a big deal of it. There is a lot of people who share a lot of details - where they live, where they work, where you can find time in real time and so on. Such informations should be shared only with the group of closest people in our lives because someone might use them in wrong way.
4) Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact than don't using Facebook?
I do not publish anything in the facebook. I have to use it because of many informations that are provided only in groups there. But really think carefully what you publish.
I liked the second answer especially.
DeleteI have hope that we will react immediately before many person would be deceived.
I think about what you said in answer three. They do it on their own. I don't really know why, but they do. I agree that all this information should be shared only with friend but all the users know that all their data are processed. Technically they didn't steal this information or get them illegally. Problem is that they doesn't see threats. On the internet should be many spots and ads how to use social media.
1) Do you think that sending personalised ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
ReplyDeleteTo be honest,when it comes to American and their state of mind I have similar opinion to Cezary, they are really, really prone to all sorts of manipulation. So I guess personalised ads had huge impact on Trump voters, but this is almost impossible to be proved, so we can only stipulate.
2) What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
Oh, I'm pretty sure such ads would work just fine in Poland, until someone notices that there is something wrong about them.
3) Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
I agree with Cezary that accessing all private Facebook users information is unethical, but on the other hand, let's be honest with ourselves and behave like grown-ups, it is we that we make those pieces of information go viral and so we should be aware of consequences of our actions. What is on the Internet, remains on the Internet, and so if you don't wish that other people take advantage of you, don't provide them with all the necessary tools to do that.
4) Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact than don't using Facebook?
The best idea is to use Facebook sensibly. One doesn't have to put each and every piece of information about one's personal life online. Do we really have to have broad publicity for everything? Seriously, think twice before you post all the intimate details of your life.
I don't know anybody from America so I can't say anythink about their state of mind. Of course funny movies with Americans which think that Europe is country is funny but it is similar to watching "Matura to bzdura" with polish people. That's all to get fun-if someone would watch this it possible to think that all Polish people are like them.
DeleteI agree with you that users should use Facebook in ssensibly way, but all off us answer there on messages, write to old friends which are living, say in private message what's up and other. We don't want to publish it anywhere but they have access to this information.
1) Do you think that sending personalized ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
ReplyDeleteI think that it can not be unequivocally confirmed or denied that personalized advertising could have a large impact on the voters of President Trump. I believe that these advertisements indirectly affected individual groups of people who were thus persuaded to give such a vote.
2) What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
People are becoming more and more aware of the dangers in to the Internet day by day. However, it may not be personalized ads, but comments under articles in Poland have a very large impact on public opinion. If someone does something bad hate that floods the Internet has a big impact on public opinion.
3) Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
Facebook is a place where many people unknowingly or knowingly share many of their personal data. This is a great threat. By posting a photo from Egypt, we consciously tell the thief: "I'm not home! Take what you want." You have to master yourself sometimes.
4) Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact than don't using Facebook?
The conscious action of man and not giving in to suggestion is the only possibility of counteracting.
You said that people are becoming more and more aware (...)
DeleteWhat do you think about reason of that? Is it because of bank advertisement and similar actions?
1) Do you think that sending personalized ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
ReplyDeleteI think that Russia has had bigger impact on Trump's election :D. But also I think that yes, every ad can change your point of view on particular topic.
2) What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
I think that everyone of us is susceptible to suggestions some are less and some are more. In Poland Internet is not so wide use as for example in USA
3) Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
Yes, and it also depends who will have access to sensitive data. For example if robber will have information about where you are right now he can steal something from your house. When you have twitter account you can use website http://pleaserobme.com/ and this is nice example o usage of peoples personal data.
4) Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact than don't using Facebook?
Yes usually I use facebook to share information between groups (I don't give there any sensitive information about me so I don't care if somebody will use them) and also my pictures and information that I provide are not sensitive so I don't mind if somebody will use it in some them in research.
Seriously I don't know what is the fuzz about this situation, people don't know that thier online data may be used by external companies? This is not a first case where goverments and corporation spy on people and use their data and now people are supprised and they think that when they will delete facebook (and create one on Twitter) account everything will be better. Seriously I don't get it
Answer four is really interesting- that's really good approach.
DeleteI heart speculation about Trump and Russia but I don't believe that. Russia and USA are quarrel from years.
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ReplyDeleteIt is not known what data was used to predict who was targeted and what ads were targeted. We only know that they were used. We cannot conclude without information (Type III error )
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Advertisements have always been targeted at specific groups of people. There is no difference between an election campaign and advertising of medicines.
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The regulations contain information that the data will be used for advertising purposes. If you use Facebook, you agree with the terms and conditions. I don't agree and don't use facebook.
"If the product is free, then the product is you".
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It depends on what we use facebook for. Communicators with data encryption are available. Previously, there were forums and discussion groups that served the same purpose.
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1. Do you think that sending personalized ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
ReplyDeleteI think that this could have had a very significant impact on the final outcome of the elections. The effect on human subconsciousness by Facebook can be greater than most people think. However, it will be difficult to find direct evidence of such manipulation.
2. What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
There are groups of more and less susceptible people, but I think that to some extent everyone can be manipulated. Personalised advertising presented to the relevant audience can influence their opinion and political affection. I think that people in Poland are very susceptible to such manipulations and fake news.
3. Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
A lot of companies would like to have access to information about us gathered on Facebook. This would enable them to better profile the market and thus earn more money from us. Considering how much information Facebook collects about us, I think it's a very big threat.
4. Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact than don't using Facebook?
Unfortunately, there is probably no suitable solution for this situation. Facebook is a huge company that has a large part of the social networking market. By adding relevant provisions to the regulations it gives itself the freedom to collect information about us. One option that many people find unacceptable is to avoid social networking sites at all.
I think that find evidence is impossible. How they can try if voters change their maind by advertisement or that it was their choice. Anybody can say that he want to vote for Trump despite comercials.
DeleteI think that modern live without social-media is hard. Everyone like to be connected with other people. Write messages is more comfortable. Messages don't need our attention, we can read them everywhere and don't have to answer or answer after few hours. That's psychological reason why we use social media and hard to disagree with it.
1) Do you think that sending personalized ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
ReplyDeleteI do not know but there is possibility of that, because ads are created to convince us to some behaviour. If it works for buying goods then it probably work for elections. It is very difficult to measure.
2) What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
I think that we are in fact influenced all the time. Recommending system may be design not only based on what we like but also based on the criteria someone want us to see.
3) Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
Yes accessing private data is dangerous if the wrong people get it. They may use it to make use buy more, manipulate our views or somehow exclude people with different views.
4) Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact than don't using Facebook?
You shouldn't post every piece of your life on facebook. That is the only possibility because companies will find a way how to work around the regulations.
I agree that all big corporations try to convince us all the time. That sad but now only money is important. We don't really care that children in China working the whole day and get not enought money to stop and live better if we get shoes cheaper. That's sad but many times firm like Apple, Sony and Gucii have similar factory on their own. Human rights don't get there so they can do what they want.
Delete1) Do you think that sending personalized ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
ReplyDeleteIt's hard for me to say, from what we hear and what reaches us is true. But what if it is manipulation? :)
2) What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
I believe that every country is exposed to it. But it would have to be compared - the electoral age with the cross-section of FB users in the country.
3) Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
I think political manipulation is the biggest threat here. Because if the ad affects, for example, the purchase of a product - hmm, it is not a threat.
4) Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact than don't using Facebook?
It's hard to find another way. we would not have to be active - and this is not, for example, about publishing your content - but reading, visiting profles - logging in using FB. It is heavy. - and we would be exposed to advertising anyway.
Do you sugggest that all this case could be manipulation? I have to say that I didn't think about it beffore in this way.
DeleteGood point! In Poland fb is popular among those who are underage.
For me, this scandal is extravagated. After all, it's the goal of this business to know your audience(s) and tailor your ads to it. I don't see a big difference between analyzing existing data and gathering the same data through focus session etc. Maybe I don't understand something, I haven't seen examples of those personalized ads, but I doubt that they were generated specifically for each user to tug at his heartstrings. If they were just a few versions of an ad and data was used to chose the best audience for them than I think that it's nothing special. The only controversial part is the way of gathering that data (collecting data about friends of users that agreed to take part in the survey).
ReplyDeleteI think that as humans we share similar properties when it comes to a marketing psychology, so sadly Poles probably aren't less susceptible to such ads.
Well, it seems that people share a lot of information. When we learn better ways of analyzing unstructured information users can become more vulnerable to some frauds or maybe government surveillance in a scope that isn't allowed by a constitution.
People decide what information they want to share either via facebook. surveys or any other platform. They have to be clear about the consequences. I think that any restrictions on that matter are useless. Changing the Facebook API in such a way that collecting such data will be harder won't stop big companies from collecting that data.
The point is that they (potencially) use private messages which shouldn't be shown and use to generate perfect ads for all users (of course for many categories of users,but I think that's too many). It wasn't only fast analyzing from your last week activity and showing one from ten prepared comercial. That was deep analyzing your whole activity, messages, likes and friends connections to personalize ads as as it is possible.
Delete1) Do you think that sending personalized ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
ReplyDeleteNo, I don’t think that it was a big impact but probably there was some. Of course I agree that American society is more susceptible to any influence, although I am not convinced that it would have such a huge impact. Besides, I think that it was a very good choice when it comes to the presidential campaign.
2) What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
I’m convinced that we are less susceptible but only a bit. It results from our humanity and we simply have the logic that we rely on various information, including those specially prepared and urging us to expected behaviors
3) Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
Yes, of course. Some information may be used, for example, in the dictionary cracking of passwords. In addition, some people may be blackmailed if this information is secret (about illness, about private travel, romance, etc.).
4) Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact than don't using Facebook?
First of all, we - Facebook users - have to watch what we publish, make public and what information we exchange with each other using the available methods of communication. Secondly, we must remember that once published resources on the Internet can stay there for a long time even after they have been removed. Finally, the use of any tool carries with it a certain risk (as with the use of a knife) and this is also what we need to be aware of.
I agree with everythink what you write in fourth answer. We have to be really carefully what we are publish and write on fb. Internet never forget...all information about us will stay there as long as it would be possible to store them.
Delete1. Do you think that sending personalized ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to say. Ads have different effects on people. Probably some people helped to make a decision. It depends on how many people use the facebook and how the person is susceptible to advertising.
2. What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
I think it doesn't matter where we are. In Poland the advertisement would pass the exam. Everything depends on the human. Some humans are more vulnerable and others less. Those people who have their own opinion will think through everything and make a decision. Those people who aren't sure and don't know what to do will suggest a decision.
3. Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
An unregistered person who has access to our private data can do a lot of damage. Our reputation may suffer or we will unconsciously advertise a product that we would not like. Companies can flood us with spam and harass us with phones. We can be persecuted for our faith or sexual orientation.
4. Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact than don't using Facebook?
You don't have to give up facebook. Just think before you publish something. Guided by your own opinion check the content in the ad in other sources. Read the regulations of a given website to make a conscious decision. Provide only the required data.
Hi,
ReplyDeletethank you for interesting issue to discuss about :-)
1. I truly believe, yes. This is an example, in what kind of times we live in. Disregarding for civilization achievements costs losing important battles. Even if such things are badly judged by the society later, the result gained and the global effect counts in the end of the day.
2. Unfortunately I do think, that our society is similarly susceptible as Americans. I do not understand that, because for intelligent people it should be very easy to catch and avoid. But I guess this is because people are lazy and feel more comfortable. To draw your own conclusions, you have to put some effort and to be brave. There are not too many people ready to do so. But I consider Polish people more clever than Americans, so maybe there is some hope it will change soon and we’ll use passive resistance method ;-)
3. Honestly, I generally an see more cons than ads in respect of using Facebook. Maybe I am conservative in this respect, but sharing my privacy to other people still seems to be a very bad idea. I am against this tool as artificial medium replacing normal relationships, making our life less human.
4. Yes. Switch on our thinking and mindfulness :-) We should use such tools carefully and predict possible consequences. For avoidance of any problems, I would not to benefit from that rather than take a risk of losing control over my privacy and safety.
With kind regards :-)
I want to think about something important and very controvelsial to know yours point of view. I don't really know what to think about all this case.
DeleteI agree especially with your third answer. More and more time we spend with machines beside that we can meet with someone in real life.
Do you think that sending personalized ads has had a big impact on Trump votes?
ReplyDeleteIts hardly to answer this question correctly. I think that personalized ads appeared in American elections, but the most influence was caused by political groups(such as Russia). My answer will depend on courts decisions.
What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
Propaganda, which is based on advertisement, doesn’t have boarders and nationality. Some nations can perceive information more critically, some are more likely to be influenced by suggestion and advert, but all all of them are more or less victims of the situation. In my opinion, Polish people are more skeptical than Americans, so their attitude to information is more selective.
Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
I can’t agree with my college, MichalB. According to my own experience and experience of my friends and acquaintances, people share their traveling photos after their returning. So any thief can’t rely on this information. Moreover, I believe, that information shared on Facebook voluntarily is not private, because people make it public by their own.
Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact that don’t using Facebook?
There are only two ways how to avoided data leakage in social network. The first is radical - stop using social networks at all. The second one is much more liberal to persons social life, which means reducing showing a lot of personal information like photos, stories, interests etc. or using fake data on network.
1) Do you think that sending personalized ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
ReplyDeleteI think- yes. Every marketing action which is strictly targetted to the proper audience gives remarkable results, which are related to significantly lower costs. If you know how to strike the right chord, you would hear a proper sound.
2) What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
There were rumours that PAD election team requested for help to Cambridge Analytica. Personally, I don't think that their used such sophisticated methods. However, I could easily imagine that this kind of activation would be conducted in Poland.
3) Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
Of course, for example, I could imagine that history of mutual connections and reactions to others' posts could be calculated for the deduction if somebody is having an affair, which could be used as blackmail.
4) Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact than don't using Facebook?
I think that if people would start thinking about everything that they are posting into public channel and would stop using FB-related games and applications then it would be much safer for their data.
I read many article when common product ads which were making for every age group get very good result. It's frightening how they could achieve when they make ads based on all inforamtion about users.
DeletePAD election team and Cambridge Analytica? That would be big suprise for me.
Hello, thanks for very fresh topic of the discussion :)
ReplyDelete1) Do you think that sending personalised ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
Yes, I do. Everything is possible and I believe there were thousands of voters, which has taken decision based on personalised ads. If personalised ads would be not effective, then people would not buy it.
2) What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
Yes, it is. As I wrote above - it has to be efficient tool if it has a customers. I know couple examples where business model is based on personalised ads.
3) Do you see any other threats related to access to all
private Facebook users information?
Yes, I do. Based on our wall content some kind of robots are able to imitate our behaviour. It would be able to send some kind of content to our friends with backdoor.
4) Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact than don't using Facebook?
We love share our personal data. We do not protect it. Only thing that comes my mind to avoid similar impact are courses and training sessions that can highlight threats caused by inefficient private data protection.
You meant chatbot wchich answer for messages as we (him dictionary would be based on information about us).
DeleteWhen I thought about it longer I have to say that it is possible. Common question about ouer interesting could be prerpared by chatbot and answering without our participation.
You have taken up a topic that is very hot lately;-) Unfortunately I can’t give an appropriate answer to your first question. I don’t know how much these ads were personalized and how they were disseminated. Besides, I don’t like to speak on political issues. Do we as a nation believe less in online advertising? I think the difference in the impact of advertising on people of a similar age, education, etc. is not important. We differ from Americans in the way the Internet is used by fewer social groups. Based on information provided from the network, the specialist can build super ads that will work on our subconscious effectively. I have a Facebook account, I use it because some information is only available in groups. I'm not interested in rumors. First of all, it's a waste of time. Regarding the threats on FB, it is a bigger problem to indicate which areas are safe. However, not everyone looks this way - sometimes I have the impression that teenagers can’t live without social media. Even the non-use of social media doesn’t make us safe, but it significantly reduces the level of threats. The last case was very well publicized. However, I suppose that there were many incidents that didn’t evoke such publicity...
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ReplyDelete1) Do you think that sending personalized ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
ReplyDeleteCambridge Analytica used that data to create a tool to manipulate American voters with targeted Facebook ads and social media campaigns.
Now it appears that Cambridge Analytica took it one step farther, using highly sensitive personal data taken from Facebook users without their knowledge to manipulate them into supporting Donald Trump.
2) What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
People are similar around the globe and susceptible to suggestions. I think that similar case can happen in Poland
3) Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
Having your identity can be stolen, social profile hacked, you are letting burglars to know your whereabouts
4) Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact than don't using Facebook?
Be careful with your status updates. Often, we innocently post status updates that would give an identity thief information they need to steal our identity. For example, you may post “Happy birthday to my mother!” and then tag her in the post. Likely, your mother’s maiden name will be associated with that tag now. A popular security question is “What is your mother’s maiden name?” and if you share that online, you run the risks of identity thieves getting the answer to this commonly used question. Avoid posting specific travel plans. Never post when, where, or how long you’ll be gone. Wait until you are home to post pictures to a vacation album. Use highest privacy control. Only let certain groups, like a family group, view your photos. Be selective with the status updates. You can use an audience-selector dropdown menu on Facebook to choose certain groups to see your status updates.
1) Do you think that sending personalized ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
ReplyDeleteI think we will never know. In such polarized country where one have to choose whole set of views on everything from two pre-packaged sets, it might happen that small force applied can have great outcome.
2) What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
In Poland, and also other countries: there is University of Oxford project called "The Computational Propaganda Project", almost year ago they published series of summaries "Computational Propaganda in ..." (http://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/publications/), and we seem to find our Country in great company of US, Germany, Taiwan, Canada, China, Ukraine, Russia and Brazil. All of those experience activity of political bots, but researchers are not sure of its efficiency.
3) Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
The same threats applied in different contexts: profiling for commercial ads, proliferation of information bubbles as a result of putting into our home-pages a stream of perfectly tailored (to us) news to keep our attention.
4) Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact than don't using Facebook?
I think widespread participation in old-school, grass-roots political organizations. This would negate the effects of artificial amplification of some opinions.
I didn't heard about this series. Thanks!
Delete1) Do you think that sending personalized ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
ReplyDeleteIn my honest opinion, yes. People in the USA are easily manipulated. I've seen so many prank videos/ads where people were tricked.
2) What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
We aren't. Especially elders are very vulnerable. Nothing special, most of our grandparents have no clue how to use the internet and so on. This leads to very easy manipulation through our public tv channels.
3) Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
Information is money and a key to everything. That's why I'm not posting anything online.
4) Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact than don't using Facebook?
Use it in read-only mode. By doing this you are only sharing very basic data.
Don't publish any information in one thing but don't forget about your mobile phone. Smartphones are constantly connected with the internet. Devices sending information about where we are. Moreover installing new application get application access to other thing like photos (which can get information about your family, hobby and other) or files (your documents scans).
Delete1) Do you think that sending personalized ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
ReplyDeleteI think there was same impact but not prevailing election result. Trump voters are people dissatisfied with their economic situation, so fb adds couldn't change their view of reality.
2) What do you think about similar activity in Poland? That is possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
This situation could take place in any place in the world. Even if fb is banned in some countries there are another social media providers.
3) Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
If there will be a leakage of private data, someone could use it for blackmailing selected individuals.
4) Do you see any other possibility how to avoid similar impact than don't using Facebook?
The best solution is to think while making important decisions. Add can show you something but you should decide if you are really interested in it.
This story is very dramatic. New Internet censorship inroads are underway, but shush!
ReplyDelete1) Do you think that sending personalized ads has had a big impact on Trump voters?
I think it can't be measured. If they sell this service, everybody can buy it. The impact itself can be both underestimated and overestimated.
2) What do you think about similar activity in Poland? Is this possible or we are less susceptible to suggestions and ads?
We have a different political system, and presidential elections are nowhere near as important as in the US. Still, this is the most popular of all polls, far ahead of parliamentary elections, local elections and -- most deplorably -- referendums.
I don't know if there is an objective measure as to democratic maturity of the society, certainly not the turnout -- people can vote despite their incompetence.
3) Do you see any other threats related to access to all private Facebook users information?
There are many. In an ideal world there would be no difference. However, the reality includes people with ulterior motives, and data can leak or be stolen. This can negatively influence not only the person involved, but also third parties. Despite ever growing Privacy Policies, there is always the possibility of the data being sold to the highest bidder. Or even worse -- the company suddenly getting political views and sympathies of its own, giving the data for free to its cronies.
4) Do you see any other possibility to avoid similar impact than not using Facebook?
No.
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