Facebook employs psychologist whose firm sold data to Cambridge Analytica
- Joseph Chancellor was co-director of GSR with Alexsandr Kogan
- Data harvesting scheme called ‘scam’ and ‘fraud’ by Facebook
Tag: West Coast News
US tribe fights use of treated sewage to make snow on holy peaks
The Hopi tribe is taking on an Arizona ski resort over its use of artificial snow: ‘People compare it to baptizing a baby with reclaimed water’
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US government drops effort to unmask anti-Trump Twitter account
Attempt to reveal identity behind an account criticizing Trump’s immigration policy sparked an outcry from free speech advocates and a lawsuit from Twitter
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WEB Du Bois: retracing his attempt to challenge racism with data
The civil rights pioneer and scholar is most famous for his book The Souls of Black Folk, but his use of data to show inequality is still profound today
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US Border Patrol uses desert as ‘weapon’ to kill thousands of migrants, report says
Arizona advocacy group says agents chase border crossers from Mexico into hostile terrain in a strategy that leaves many injured, dead or lost
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Why it’s dangerous to outsource our critical thinking to computers
It is crucial for a resilient democracy that we better understand how Google and Facebook are changing the way we think, interact and behave
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Standing Rock: US denies key permit for Dakota Access pipeline, a win for tribe
Army Corps of Engineers will not grant the permit for the Dakota Access pipeline to drill under the Missouri river, handing a major win to environmental activists
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How to solve Facebook’s fake news problem: experts pitch their ideas
A cadre of technologists, academics and media experts are thinking up solutions, from hiring human editors, to crowdsourcing or creating algorithms
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Standing Rock protest: North Dakota governor orders immediate evacuation
Governor orders thousands of activists to leave the encampment, citing ‘harsh winter conditions’, but does not authorize police to carry out evacuation
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Dakota Access pipeline water protectors see bias after Oregon militia verdict
Activists at the Malheur wildlife refuge were carrying guns – but ‘if native people were armed, we would be killed,’ says an activist at Standing Rock
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