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Cambridge Analytica Uncovered: Secret filming reveals election tricks
A Channel 4 News undercover investigation in which Cambridge Analytica executives are filmed discussing bribes, honeypots, fake identities and manipulating elections around the world.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as the primary evidence of what Cambridge Analytica was willing to do, especially in Facebook data scandal threads.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Channel 4 News
- Topic
- cambridge analytica investigation
- Format
- news
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2019
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Did you watch the Channel 4 report[0]? The CEO of CA clandestinely advertised far more than just ads for the reporter posing as a potential client. They are in the business of winning elections, through whatever means necessary. He openly talked about things like targeting …
save_ferris on Hacker News · 2019-11
In Amazon’s plan for AlexaWatch the mini documentary of the undercover op by channel 4 [VIDEO] This isn't just data mining, it's straight up misinformation, entrapment, and god knows what else.
gt565k on Hacker News · 2018-03
In The Cambridge Analytica scandal isn’t a scandal: this is how Facebook works
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