Cambridge Analytica Uncovered: Secret filming reveals election tricks (2018)
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Sadly, we already have its dhoti-clad equivalent, and it has proved to be far more deadly than whatever we saw on screen.
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23-March, 2018 20:08 IST
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology press release on Cambridge Analytica
There have been reports in the media regarding misuse of data about individuals obtained from social media platform Facebook and utilizing it for unauthorized activities without the consent of the users.
The Government is deeply concerned about such developments and is committed to ensure the protection of the fundamental right of privacy and safety and security of data for every citizen of India. There have also been imputations that such data could also have been used to influence the behavior of individuals. While the Government is cognizant of the positive role played by social media in promoting awareness and acting as a tool for social cohesion and empowerment; breach of privacy cannot be tolerated. In this regard it is pertinent to observe that the CEO of Facebook, Mr. Mark Zuckerberg has apologized for the mistakes his company had made in handling data belonging to its users, and has promised tougher steps to restrict access to such information. There are other downstream players such as Cambridge Analytica and its alleged associates who have been reported to be involved in the data breach.
The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India has issued a notice,in the first instance, to Cambridge Analytica, wherein the serious breach of propriety and misuse of data intended to profile and influence voting behaviorhas been highlighted. Reference has also been made to several accounts in the media reporting incidents of gross abuse of social media platform to influence the sanctity of polling process. Note has also been taken of alleged claims whereby elections in India were sought to be influenced through questionable means.
The fairness of Indian democracy and electoral process is a matter of pride and any attempt to influence the sanctity of the electoral franchise through dubious and questionable means is unacceptable. In particular, all intermediaries and their associates have the legal obligation to maintain security, confidentiality and sanctity of data and any unauthorized use of data can entail legal action.
Emphasizing these issues, the notice addressed to Cambridge Analytica seeks immediate response to the following questions;
i) Whether they have been engaged in any assignment to utilize data of Indians from the above cited breach?
ii) Who are the entities that have engaged them for the above?
iii) How did they come to be in possession of such data?
iv) Was consent taken from the individuals?
v) How such data collected was used?
vi) Was there any profiling done on the basis of such data?
The intermediaries cited above have been given time till 31st March 2018 to submit their responseson the above issues.
CERT-IN has issued Advisory Note CIAD-2018-0012 which lays down security best practices to be followed by social media users in order to safeguard personally identifiable information on social network sites.
23-March, 2018 20:08 IST
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology press release on Cambridge Analytica
There have been reports in the media regarding misuse of data about individuals obtained from social media platform Facebook and utilizing it for unauthorized activities without the consent of the users.
The Government is deeply concerned about such developments and is committed to ensure the protection of the fundamental right of privacy and safety and security of data for every citizen of India. There have also been imputations that such data could also have been used to influence the behavior of individuals. While the Government is cognizant of the positive role played by social media in promoting awareness and acting as a tool for social cohesion and empowerment; breach of privacy cannot be tolerated. In this regard it is pertinent to observe that the CEO of Facebook, Mr. Mark Zuckerberg has apologized for the mistakes his company had made in handling data belonging to its users, and has promised tougher steps to restrict access to such information. There are other downstream players such as Cambridge Analytica and its alleged associates who have been reported to be involved in the data breach.
The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India has issued a notice,in the first instance, to Cambridge Analytica, wherein the serious breach of propriety and misuse of data intended to profile and influence voting behaviorhas been highlighted. Reference has also been made to several accounts in the media reporting incidents of gross abuse of social media platform to influence the sanctity of polling process. Note has also been taken of alleged claims whereby elections in India were sought to be influenced through questionable means.
The fairness of Indian democracy and electoral process is a matter of pride and any attempt to influence the sanctity of the electoral franchise through dubious and questionable means is unacceptable. In particular, all intermediaries and their associates have the legal obligation to maintain security, confidentiality and sanctity of data and any unauthorized use of data can entail legal action.
Emphasizing these issues, the notice addressed to Cambridge Analytica seeks immediate response to the following questions;
i) Whether they have been engaged in any assignment to utilize data of Indians from the above cited breach?
ii) Who are the entities that have engaged them for the above?
iii) How did they come to be in possession of such data?
iv) Was consent taken from the individuals?
v) How such data collected was used?
vi) Was there any profiling done on the basis of such data?
The intermediaries cited above have been given time till 31st March 2018 to submit their responseson the above issues.
CERT-IN has issued Advisory Note CIAD-2018-0012 which lays down security best practices to be followed by social media users in order to safeguard personally identifiable information on social network sites.
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28-March, 2018 18:56 IST
Facebook asked to explain on data breach.
Facebook called upon to give response by 7th April,2018.
On 23.3.2018, a notice seeking details relating to breach of data fromFacebook had been sent to M/s. Cambridge Analytica particularly with regardto reports in the media about questionable practices attributed to M/s.Cambridge Analytica in their efforts to influence elections.
It is felt that there is need for further information about the data breachfrom Facebook. Accordingly, a letter has been issued by the Ministry of Electronics & I.T. on 28th March 2018 to Facebook seeking their response tothe following questions:
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28-March, 2018 18:56 IST
Facebook asked to explain on data breach.
Facebook called upon to give response by 7th April,2018.
On 23.3.2018, a notice seeking details relating to breach of data fromFacebook had been sent to M/s. Cambridge Analytica particularly with regardto reports in the media about questionable practices attributed to M/s.Cambridge Analytica in their efforts to influence elections.
It is felt that there is need for further information about the data breachfrom Facebook. Accordingly, a letter has been issued by the Ministry of Electronics & I.T. on 28th March 2018 to Facebook seeking their response tothe following questions:
- Whether the personal data of Indian voters and users has been compromised by Cambridge Analytica or any other downstreamentity in any manner, and if so, how was it compromised?
- Whether Facebook or its related or downstream agencies utilising Facebook’s data have previously been engaged by any entities tomanipulate the Indian electoral process?
- If any such downstream entity misused data from Facebook, whatis the protection available to the data subject?
- What are the specific steps proposed to be taken by Facebook toprevent any misuse of personal data for potential interference in, ormanipulation of the Indian electoral process?
- Facebook today has its largest footprint in India in terms of its userbase and therefore what proactive measures are being taken toensure the safety, security and privacy of such large user data andto prevent its misuse by any third party?
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/intern...book-breach/article23497255.ece?homepage=true
“It was my mistake, and I'm sorry,” Mr. Zuckerberg said in prepared testimony.
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg apologised to U.S. lawmakers Tuesday for the leak of personal data on tens of millions of users as he faced a day of reckoning before a Congress mulling regulation of the global social media giant.
In his first-ever U.S. congressional appearance, the Facebook founder and chief executive sought to quell the storm over privacy and security lapses at the social network that have angered lawmakers and Facebook's two billion users.
Swapping his customary tee-shirt for a business suit and tie, Mr. Zuckerberg faced tough questions over how a U.S.-British political research firm, Cambridge Analytica, plundered detailed personal data on 87 million users to be used in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Facebook also became the platform of choice for a stunning Russian campaign of online misinformation that U.S. intelligence says was designed to tilt the 2016 vote toward Donald Trump.
“It was my mistake, and I'm sorry,” Mr. Zuckerberg said in prepared testimony. “I started Facebook, I run it, and I'm responsible for what happens here.”
“It's clear now that we didn't do enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm,” he said. “That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy.”
Lawmakers questioned whether the election meddling and poor controls on personal data requires the government to step in to regulate Facebook and other social media companies which generate revenue from user data.
“The tech industry has an obligation to respond to widespread and growing concerns over data privacy and security and to restore the public trust. The status quo no longer works,” said Senator Chuck Grassley, chair of one of the committees holding the hearing.
“Congress must determine if and how we need to strengthen privacy standards to ensure transparency and understanding for the billions of consumers who utilize these products.”
“You have a real opportunity this afternoon to lead the industry and demonstrate a meaningful commitment to protecting individual privacy,” Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein told Mr. Zuckerberg at the rare joint committee hearing, to be followed by a similar hearing in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
'#DeleteFacebook' protests
Dozens of protestors gathered outside Congress before the hearing wearing Mr. Zuckerberg masks and #DeleteFacebook T-shirts.
Inside the jammed hearing room, activists from the Code Pink group wore oversized glasses with the words “STOP SPYING” written on the lenses, and waved signs that read “Stop corporate lying.”
Testifying was a new step forward for the 33-year-old Mr. Zuckerberg, who started Facebook as a Harvard dropout in 2004, and built it into the world's largest social media company worth $470 billion.
In the past he has left it to top lieutenants to answer questions from legislators.
But after the largest scandal yet for Facebook, Mr. Zuckerberg has seen it as imperative to speak out himself and try to prevent the company from bogging down in questions about its core business model, which is to share user data with advertisers.
The lawmakers delivered plenty of warnings that Mr. Zuckerberg needs to take action — though they were thin on concrete proposals.
“If you and other social media companies do not get your act in order, none of us are going to have any privacy anymore,” said Senator Bill Nelson.
Mr. Zuckerberg called Facebook “an idealistic and optimistic company” and said, “We focused on all the good that connecting people can bring.”
But he acknowledged that “it's clear now that we didn't do enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm as well. That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy.”
Mr. Zuckerberg added, “I want to be clear about what our priority is: protecting our community is more important than maximizing our profit.”
'Investigating every app'
The Facebook CEO recounted a list of steps aimed at averting improper use of data by third parties like Cambridge Analytica, and noted that other applications were being investigated to determine if they did anything wrong.
On Friday, Facebook sought to allay concerns over political manipulation of its platform by announcing support for the “Honest Ads Act” that requires election ad buyers to be identified, and to go further by verifying who sponsors ads on key public policy issues.
Mr. Zuckerberg vowed to “hire thousands of more people” to get the new system in place ahead of U.S. midterm elections in November, starting the process in the United States and taking it global in the coming months.
“It was my mistake, and I'm sorry,” Mr. Zuckerberg said in prepared testimony.
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg apologised to U.S. lawmakers Tuesday for the leak of personal data on tens of millions of users as he faced a day of reckoning before a Congress mulling regulation of the global social media giant.
In his first-ever U.S. congressional appearance, the Facebook founder and chief executive sought to quell the storm over privacy and security lapses at the social network that have angered lawmakers and Facebook's two billion users.
Swapping his customary tee-shirt for a business suit and tie, Mr. Zuckerberg faced tough questions over how a U.S.-British political research firm, Cambridge Analytica, plundered detailed personal data on 87 million users to be used in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Facebook also became the platform of choice for a stunning Russian campaign of online misinformation that U.S. intelligence says was designed to tilt the 2016 vote toward Donald Trump.
“It was my mistake, and I'm sorry,” Mr. Zuckerberg said in prepared testimony. “I started Facebook, I run it, and I'm responsible for what happens here.”
“It's clear now that we didn't do enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm,” he said. “That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy.”
Lawmakers questioned whether the election meddling and poor controls on personal data requires the government to step in to regulate Facebook and other social media companies which generate revenue from user data.
“The tech industry has an obligation to respond to widespread and growing concerns over data privacy and security and to restore the public trust. The status quo no longer works,” said Senator Chuck Grassley, chair of one of the committees holding the hearing.
“Congress must determine if and how we need to strengthen privacy standards to ensure transparency and understanding for the billions of consumers who utilize these products.”
“You have a real opportunity this afternoon to lead the industry and demonstrate a meaningful commitment to protecting individual privacy,” Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein told Mr. Zuckerberg at the rare joint committee hearing, to be followed by a similar hearing in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
'#DeleteFacebook' protests
Dozens of protestors gathered outside Congress before the hearing wearing Mr. Zuckerberg masks and #DeleteFacebook T-shirts.
Inside the jammed hearing room, activists from the Code Pink group wore oversized glasses with the words “STOP SPYING” written on the lenses, and waved signs that read “Stop corporate lying.”
Testifying was a new step forward for the 33-year-old Mr. Zuckerberg, who started Facebook as a Harvard dropout in 2004, and built it into the world's largest social media company worth $470 billion.
In the past he has left it to top lieutenants to answer questions from legislators.
But after the largest scandal yet for Facebook, Mr. Zuckerberg has seen it as imperative to speak out himself and try to prevent the company from bogging down in questions about its core business model, which is to share user data with advertisers.
The lawmakers delivered plenty of warnings that Mr. Zuckerberg needs to take action — though they were thin on concrete proposals.
“If you and other social media companies do not get your act in order, none of us are going to have any privacy anymore,” said Senator Bill Nelson.
Mr. Zuckerberg called Facebook “an idealistic and optimistic company” and said, “We focused on all the good that connecting people can bring.”
But he acknowledged that “it's clear now that we didn't do enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm as well. That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy.”
Mr. Zuckerberg added, “I want to be clear about what our priority is: protecting our community is more important than maximizing our profit.”
'Investigating every app'
The Facebook CEO recounted a list of steps aimed at averting improper use of data by third parties like Cambridge Analytica, and noted that other applications were being investigated to determine if they did anything wrong.
On Friday, Facebook sought to allay concerns over political manipulation of its platform by announcing support for the “Honest Ads Act” that requires election ad buyers to be identified, and to go further by verifying who sponsors ads on key public policy issues.
Mr. Zuckerberg vowed to “hire thousands of more people” to get the new system in place ahead of U.S. midterm elections in November, starting the process in the United States and taking it global in the coming months.
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Very good post.
Here is how they operated in India.
http://www.opindia.com/2018/04/on-p...d-congress-party-link-to-cambridge-analytica/
On Point with Nupur Sharma: Interview with the man who exposed Congress party links to Cambridge Analytica
ByOpIndia StaffPosted on April 10, 2018
A few weeks ago, the Cambridge Analytica controversy blew wide open. There were speculations as to which political party might have engaged the services of this extremely intrusive data firm, to manipulate the election process and basically, subvert the natural process of democracy.
While it was an open fact, that Cambridge Analytica worked on the Donald Trump campaign back in the USA, here in India, many of us had a tough time wrapping our heads around what really had happened, what data was breached, how it was used, and more importantly, who used it.
The whistleblower in this case, Christopher Wylie, specifically mentioned the Congress party. Soon after, a video of Jamie Bartlett, journalist and author, interviewing Cambridge Analytica’s CEO, Alexander Nix surfaced. In that video, a poster of the Congress party was seen hanging on Nix’ wall. While Congress tried to refute the charges with fantastical explanations, we got in touch with Jamie and tried to understand what that poster meant, how Cambridge Analytica functioned, and what this massive privacy breach meant for democracy world over.
Jamie rubbished the charges of the photograph being fabricated. He said that the only reason he had filmed the posters, was because it was interesting how Cambridge Analytica was working internationally. He also said that the chance of Congress’ poster being there because they might have been ‘potential clients’ seemed far-fetched considering Nix wouldn’t hang a potential clients poster, in his chamber, right above his head, in the same line as Donald Trump who they very openly campaigned for, in fact, they had 13 Cambridge Analytica people embedded in the Trump Campaign.
The conversation also revolved around what implications of technology are, and how perhaps the current form of democracy is not compatible with the digital age and the method employed by Cambridge Analytica.
Jamie was of the opinion that perhaps the Cambridge Analytica issue shook the world because of the fact that millions and millions of data points of millions of people were accessed without the consent of the users. Such data was then used to gain insight into the personality of users in order to target them more effectively with political campaigns.
Jamie explained how Cambridge Analytica makes something called a “universe” and each “universe” contains a certain section of people that can be targeted. For example, one universe would contain users who are mothers concerned about child safety. The other might contain a subsection of people who for example, buy American made vehicles since that also gives them an insight into who they may be likely to vote for.
The most concerning part was that the messages directed at “universe” and the other set of messages directed at a different “universe” may be completely contradictory. The subsections would never know what the others are being told by these political parties. Democracy functions on the notion that people largely receive the same message on the basis of which political decisions can be made. He feared that perhaps this style of political campaigning is the most detrimental to democracy.
He explained how innocuous data like facebook likes is collected to get unprecedented insight into every user’s personality. This insight is then used to appeal to basic instincts, fears, hopes, insecurities, etc, to target politically.
In the absence of privacy laws, Jamie also believed that we might be heading towards a surveillance state where a person, without even committing a crime might be in the government radar because all of this data profiling points towards the fact that the said individual might have the propensity to commit a crime.
While Jamie was unfamiliar with the political dynamics of India, when asked if the current Congress strategy, as it seen today might indicate Cambridge Analytica’s functioning, while maintaining caution, he did concede that if the assessment of Congress’ strategy was accurate, it might point towards exactly that considering Cambridge Analytica believes in breaking the population into easy to target factions too.
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Meanwhile their Local agents and Sepoys get "awards" 
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AP NEW YORK, September 28, 2018 22:39 IST
Updated: September 28, 2018 22:57 IST
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/t...er-accounts/article25074368.ece?homepage=true
The social media giant says hackers exploited the “View As” feature.
Facebook says it recently discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million user accounts.
In a blog post , the company says hackers exploited its “View As” feature, which lets people see what their profiles look like to someone else. Facebook says it has taken steps to fix the security problem and alerted law enforcement.
To deal with the issue, Facebook reset some logins, so 90 million people have been logged out and will have to log in again. That includes anyone who has been subject to a “View As” lookup in the past year.
Facebook says it doesn't know who's behind the attacks or where they're based.
The hack is the latest security headache for Facebook, which has been dealing with political disinformation campaigns from Russia and elsewhere since 2016.
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