Targeted EXPORT

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. In this explosive memoir, a political consultant and technology whistleblow er reveals the disturbing truth about the multi-billion-dollar data industr y, revealing to the public how companies are getting richer using our perso nal information and exposing how Cambridge Analytica exploited weaknesses i n privacy laws to help elect Donald Trump. When Brittany Kaiser joined Cambridge Analytica - the UK-based political co nsulting firm funded by conservative billionaire and Donald Trump patron Ro bert Mercer - she was an idealistic young professional working on her fourt h degree in human rights law and international relations. A veteran of Bara ck Obama's 2008 campaign, Kaiser's goal was to utilize data for humanitaria n purposes, most notably to prevent genocide and human rights abuses. But h er experience inside Cambridge Analytica opened her eyes to the tremendous risks that this unregulated industry poses to privacy and democracy. Targeted is Kaiser's eyewitness chronicle of the dramatic and disturbing st ory of the rise and fall of Cambridge Analytica. She reveals to the public how Facebook's lax policies and lack of sufficient national laws allowed vo ters to be manipulated in both Britain and the United States, where persona l data was weaponised to spread fake news and racist messaging during the B rexit vote and the 2016 election. But the damage isn't done Kaiser warns; t he 2020 election can be compromised as well if we continue to do nothing. In the aftermath of the U.S. election, as s.

Product Info

ISBN: 0008363900

ISBN-13: 9780008363901

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Year: 2019

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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