Electronic Brainwashing: Cambridge Analytica's Sinister Facebook Strategy | The Daily Show
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- Facebook comes under fire for losing control of its customers' data to Cambridge Analytica, a company that specializes in influencing elections by manipulating users via "electronic brainwashing."
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They tested this first on Philippines. The result was astonishing. It affected the result of the election and rebranded a family's bad image.
bbms and dds, the kings of fake news
They also used it in South Africa to fuel a riot the people were so easily manipulated all these negative untrue facts kept popping up on their phones the main target was college students! It’s incredible the power of social media!
.. the ending though .. “even the people in the places you trust will try to sell you something. And now a word from our sponsors”
I had already clicked away from the video before that hit me and I laughed. He said that with no hint of irony at all LOL.
It was deep af, if you ask me. It made me a bit sad tbh..
Yea. You really gotta be careful about these people trying to see you shit. I mean they've gotten so brazen that they straight say they are going to sell you something as of you don't know what's happening. Also you should check out blue apron. The meals they sell are the best around.
Simpsons did it.
What no one noticed was the blatant Samsung ad in the middle of it.
Pretty sure that was the joke.
"And now, a word from our sponsors." LMAO
haha yea that was a smart joke to toss in at the end xD
I Love Being A Dad dammit! Their sponsors know that I like the Daily Show. They know everything!
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why conservative pragerU sponsor this video?
I remember back in the day when Facebook first came out and everyone and their moms were on there. I passed on Facebook because I have no urge to broadcast my personal life. All my friends gave me shit for not using Facebook. Glad I never got on board.
Shouldn't Trump and his Cronies be Impeached and Imprisoned for this?
You still got friends tho 😉
Danger Zone Damn right!
+Danger Zone I picked up a 2nd student life at the time Facebook got big in my country. Never joined after I saw everyone in class becoming "friends" with the prof. That weirded me out enough to never get on there.
Danger Zone
Same here. I also didn't want to feel obligated to care about other's lives. If you have such an amazing life then just LIVE IT and stop broadcasting it to the world!
"Even the people you trust. They're all just trying to sell you something. Never forget that..... and now, a word from our sponsors."
LOL. The fact that he said that totally unironically made it take a minute for me to catch it. I had already clicked away to the next video before it hit me. That was a great delivery. Hilarious.
"And now a word from our sponsor" Lol Trevor Noah is the funniest late night talk show host for sure
Shaggad M totes hilarious, but true. You never know who might be selling to you next.
I'd like you to meet Stephen Colbert.
Part of Jon Stewart's crew, bless them all for the truth...with a laugh.
I actually had expected a "Hit that like button, subscribe and follow us on twitter"
Obvious _Product_Placement I’m a marketer, oh trust me I know
Never had a Facebook, never will. Thats some crazy shit right there.
Trevor is nailing this thing ,well done bro
I’m black so I agree
Wild MissingNo
If you were not black?
Wild MissingNo
Troll say what?
What!
Lol ayt
It's like Farmville but with personal data instead of notifications
You did not read your Farmville EULA did you? If you signed up to Farmville you basically gave them your Google or FB Profile or worse both? So it exactly like Farmville, plus a little Psych-warfare on the side.
Damn. It’s a good thing I don’t even use Facebook anyway.
Says the person logged into a company owned by Google. Even if you gave them fake info, they can still figure out a user "type" and get good data about you for advertising and to sell to other people
I've never used Facebook, and honestly I have no sympathy for the people who do.
I tried it for a little while but it didn't suit me so I stopped. A friend who used to live in my building was on it a lot and believed a lot of those crazy stories. She and her hubby voted for Trump.
brainflash1 You're. Using. Google. Right. Now! They do the same shit! You're falling into the same trap!
FaceBook and Google both have about 1billion accounts...and you're using one of them still.
This should be a blackmirror episode
haha sad times
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What creeps me out is I fun myself saying that every day.
Jesus Christ, and someone just patented robot effin bees
blackmirror is going slow!
Privacy advocates have warned about this since the "social media" emerged.
Thumbs Up for the last lines.👍
But beware, if you like this comment, that information might be used against you in the next election cycle.
Time to give up social media.
Won't matter. If your friends are dumb enough to use Whatsapp and have a few infos about you on their phone - like full name, number, maybe your birthday and profession and a pic that shows up when you call, facebook already has those from you to use as they see fit. It also will connect you to anyone else using that shit who has your name and number (or just your number) on their phone, so it basically knows your circles and their preferences, might be able to recognize your face on pictures posted on Fb unrelated to you, can assume your political alignment from what the majority of your friends like and don't like and so on and so forth. All that without your permission and completely legal, as it was in the GTC users of course did not read - and would have accepted anyway, 'cause they've got "nothing to hide", even if it's not their own data they're trading away for a nice virtual toy.
damn, then stop using the iPhone
if that was a pun it was a nice one.
One does not give up on social media... You have to not have it in the first place...
If you have one, it's already too late.
Google sucks at showing me ads. It’s always either stuff I’d never want or stuff I already have. Every time I learn about something new that I want, it’s from the community around it.
Loved the lampshade in the ending. Of course, Trevor works for a TV channel, but his own personnal hidden message with that quip? "Think for yourself."
Now excuse me, as I am going to let an algorithm decide for me want I should have for dinner tonight...
I saw that last punchline coming from a mile away. XD Good stuff.
I didn't, but I think it was genius. At least TV channels are clear with ad regulations, not the web giants...plus this way, Trevor encourages his viewers to think more by themselves too.
It looks and sounds a lot like psychological warfare. Knowledge is power and knowing almost everything about someone is dangerous. Then using it to manipulate them to act a certain way for political gain is disgusting.
it IS psychological warfare. people still think we live in an era where countries will loudly announce they're going to war and go with armies and guns blazing. nonsense! in this cyber age, we have two parallel worlds - a physical and a cyber. the war is continuously going on in the cyber domain. very soon, the cyber analysis and psych-op departments will take the lead as the most important defence branches of a country rather than army, navy or airforce.
Psychological and otherwise. It became clear to all that the Internet turned full-on cyberwar when the U.S. and Israel destroyed Iranian (it was Iran, right?) nuclear weapon fuel enrichment centrifuges via a remote network based attack. It came out of information attacks into physically destroying equipment. I'm not saying what they did was right or wrong, just that the cyberwar is on.
^ to be fair, the weapon use claim was never confirmed although it was the predominant media narrative. iran continues to say that their facility was for power-plant use only. in fact they still operate their facilities because the attack caused partial damage. the negative impact however, is that they've become much more defensive and has organized their own cyber analysis department which is regarded as one of the most comprehensive, along with usa, china, israel and russia.
I'm sorry, yes to the clarification. In a TH-cam comment details get left out.
The KGB has been masters of psyops and propaganda since cold war days. It stands to reason that the FSB would continue the trend, but now with the power of big data, targeting individual profiles, via troll farms on social-media and other fake-news sites, masquerading as like-minded Americans, and amplifying your "echo-chamber". A lot of people don't want to believe to they could be so easily manipulated, but if you know a person's deepest beliefs, fears, and ideology then yes, you can surround them with carefully crafted media to unconsciously nudge their behavior. I work in a social media analytics firm and although we've never (illegally and unethically) taken it to this level for advertising firms, social influence does work - or there wouldn't be a billion dollar industry surrounding it. In the end, most people don't vote based on facts, but on beliefs. CA understands and has weaponized that.
Trump's election was a real mystery to me. Now I understand how that utter nonsense was made possible, and it's even more shocking!
Joe joe joe... ALL media outlets, video games, cell phone companies... they all data mine you
This has less to do with it than people claim. "Drain the swamp" came from that, wuhu, really hard to figure out that that would play well with the targeted voters, doesn't need all this data mining to get that idea. This data mining just makes it easier. But this isn't exactly a new thing, politicians figuring out what to say and what people want to hear and manipulating them. Playing into the peoples fears into exactly a new strategy, and most of Trumps Rhetorik isn't exactly new or innovative, its often just the same thing that was used over and over again in the past. Fear of immigrants for example. And the idea to play into the business-man aspect as a politician in the US isn't exactly hard to figure out either, kinda obvious.
Joe yeah even though they didnt use the data in the general election, since the RNC's own data were way more accurate, according to CBS. And there really is no proof that these data significantly influenced the election. After all, campaigns can get you to watch their material, but they can't make you vote for their candidate. Same goes for fake news. If you are willing to believe that Hillary ran a pedophile network, you'd have never voted for her in any circumstance anyway. Genuine fake news is preaching to the choir.
But if you're so partisan that you think anyone who voted for Trump or other Republicans is evil or brainwashed, your bubble is a serious problem. The bubble that Facebook (and Google) are also respondible for, and which is more important. Try reading The Righteous Mind if you genuinely want to know why not everyone is as smart, unbiased and sensible as you are when it comes to politics. It opened my eyes.
That I know. What's new to me is that those data were transmitted to Trump to target particular populations and win the election.
2008: They're all just trying to sell you something.
2018: They're all just trying to sell you.
So damn creepy
I don't get your point. Do that make it... less creepy to you?
Be sure to watch the full documentary Channel 4 did to maximize your creep factor and so you know how little you are actually worth as a human being to corporations.
What's creepy is a lot of this came out last year and just last week a lot of the same people I was friends with who are supposed to care were like "Hey look at my glamorous magazine makeover app." And I liked some of those pictures despite myself- and I assume however many people leave facebook, the ones who stay will still be like "Hey look at this new app!" every week or two.
He's deflecting from the fact Obama did it during his campaigns but Obama did it directly, Didn't hire a analytics company.
Every tech can be used for good or evil. Just saying...
Just think of all the data “Alexa” and others like that are currently collecting.
"Alexa"="Elf On The Shelf" for grown-ups, but she talks back!
For anyone who isn’t yet aware, Alexa, google Home/assistant, etc. passively “listen” & record everything, even when you’re not using it (it has to...otherwise it wouldn’t know when you were addressing it to give it a command/ask it a question). Just be aware that passively recorded audio has already been used as evidence in a criminal case.
And here you thought big brother was exclusively sci fi. And we’re just inviting it in.
In order for Alexa to talk back, she has to be listening at all times. That is the scary part. Same for Siri or any other A.I. The constant recording in addition to your location data being turned on is just giving away privacy.
Hell, Google has been collecting our data for 20 years.
I dont understand.
Are you all criminals? Why is it so bad if Amazon to listens in to what you have to say?
"And now, a word from our sponsors." That's some killer irony right there.
O think this was the most relaxed and frank-est talk Trevor has done so far on this show.
Seriously, you couldn't hypnotize Ted Cruz into liking Ted Cruz.
Lol. NOBODY likes Ted Cruz, including Ted Cruz.
^^^This guy get it. LoL
BE AFRAID... BE VERY AFRAID...
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I AM!
Well being afraid is what caused people to support the nazi. They want us to be afraid. We shouldn’t fear. We should use our freedom, while we still have it, to do something about it.
👩🎤 Ha ha ha "And now a word from our sponsors." Good one Trevor👩🎤
This really captures the gist of the issue here. Well done!
Hypnotized:
You're a chicken.
You like Ted Cruz: BOCK OFF!
Sums me up pretty well at least. XD
Man that Camaro joke bombed 😂
Yeah, people get sad when you bring up death lol
I thought it was great 😂
I cracked up way too hard at that. Hahahah
ahah that one lady tho. but yea some dead people jokes always miss. Comedians even stick to one or two in their acts. Its the way you deliver I think or maybe sensitive folks who knows.
I agree, that was a weak joke. It's all good though, they can't all be winners.
All of his jokes bomb.
What's really sad is how easily folks are manipulated by what they see on social media.
"Your friend bones someone and you gets the STD" lol dying
Why are people so upset about the NSA when they willingly give up so much personal information on social media?
It's a consent issue. "Why is someone who wants to fuck Keith so upset when John just fucks them??" And with Facebook just selling our information to people, that's like finding out that "Keith" posted revenge porn online, pictures that you trusted him with and you never intended to have used that way
J Girl that analogy is pretty fitting tbh. Both awful and unacceptable, just different degrees of awful and unacceptable.
But you didn't make that porn for "Keith", you made it public of your own free will.
So if I make public porn, anyone is allowed to film me naked in the future without my consent? No, that doesn't make sense. That's still immoral
J Girl, that's not what happened and you know it. They just keep using the public porn you already posted.
#deletefacebook
They already have your info.
Deleting facebook is like burning all the paper money in the world. It might cause some temporary upheaval, but it changes nothing. The desire for social connectivity is present. Even without that, the ability to gather information is present as long as you use the internet in any way. Even if you don't, the ability to extract and extrapolate information based on the data gathered from those you know is present. And most importantly of all, the market for personal information is present. You might change some aesthetic details and money might change hands, but ending Facebook wouldn't change the nature of the beast at all.
Anthony Bowman I think you're not wrong on any of those points, but I still think it's worth deleting facebook. I deleted mine about a month ago and I've actually felt happier since
LA Fresh Life Me too. I deleted FB about 6 months ago and I've noticed a significant decrease in my anxiety since then and an overall increase in general happiness and well-being.
LA Fresh Life I think people are starting to wake up to not just the losing your data aspect of social media, but how much of a negative effect it's having on society's mood overall. Everyone using FB is being somewhat effected by it psychologically. There' no denying it. I know it's true personally. I'm so happy I finally walked away from it. Took me years
When I drew the line and said no to social networking yrs ago, I had no idea I'd be proven right so much!
One of the best videos I've watched. Thank you.
Writing is on the wall.
Very crooked acts but I do like the algorithms and mathematics behind all this stuff.
Emperor Napoleon the math ain't crooked!
Cyber-ethicists are needed now more than ever.
Kipruto Bett Tough demand. We still need people who know how a computer works let alone cyber-ethicists.
I feel the same way, horrified by the application but fascinated by the algorithm behind it.
HungFuu It's probably been developed from an algorithm that was created by NASA to select compatible astronauts for missions. The algorithm was next used in call-centers for customer profiling so that they could resolve customer issues more quickly and efficiently. It was better at profiling than professionally trained humans with years of experience.
What happened to voting on policy instead of emotion is that so difficult.
Uno G I think people who vote for policy rather than personality often make emotional decisions though. For instance if my fundamental emotional reaction to immigrants is empathy I will probably vote for policy that helps immigrants, if my fundamental reaction is fear I’m probably going to be really excited when someone proposes a wall building policy. I don’t think that there’s inherently anything wrong with emotions in voting though, we often have emotions for good reasons but at the same time I do think that they need to be taken with a balanced diet of critical thinking and open mindedness. We should also invest ourselves in introspection in that we should try to figure out generally, in all matters of life, where our emotions come from so that we understand why we feel the way we do rather than disregard our valid emotions and/or become subservient to them.
Uno G ...we turned into a tribal society, and are blindly committed to the tribe, regardless if it's right or wrong.
We see this in politics, religion, sports, education, food, and so on.
I agree that we need to be aware of our emotions, be aware of the manipulations. What propagandists do is work up a person's emotional response-anger, fear, indignation which subverts a person's ability to think critically. If you decided to vote for a policy that you "believe" will help immigrants, but you can not describe the policy and you know nothing about it, then you are probably making an emotional decision. But if you are making an informed decision to help immigrants, that is a decision based on values, not emotions.
Allie Doak
If we create policies based on empathy or feelings we will create bad policies and can potentially kill people. Redistribution of land and wealth worked so well in Zimbabwe and China and exiling Jews during Nazi Germany cause they owned the banks and were the only ones succeeding.
The problem is, we are humans, and humans are by nature not really rational beings, we are highly irrational, with a bit of a rational side. Philosophers have figured that out centuries ago, but no one cares to listen to them. The solution is a proper education system.
If you’re not making money with Social Media, just RUN!!! Social Media is so boring. Especially Facebook. Not worth it. SMH.
The part on the end that people can be manipulated using thier fear and anger. That was a good point.
It has gotten to the point where these entities know more about you than you know about yourself. Even if you delete your social media accounts, the damage has already been done. What's to stop them from using that same info to figure out where you will go next?
Maybe that is the problem, people not knowing themselves. Because that is not a must, that is optional, you could know yourself better than those companies, most people just don't care to learn about themselves, or about humans in general, psychology, sociology, philosophy, not exactly highly regard topics.
I remembered Trump explaining 'Drain the Swamp'. Confident he was not supposed to drop that information.
If they are stupid enough to believe him when he said that, they are stupid enough to just ignore that he just said that XD
At least Mark Z will now confess to congress, again... lol
I was kinda hoping that they would show the spongebob clip of spongebob walking home and turning around yellimg "it feels like someone, WANTS TO SELL ME SOMETHING!!" With the two fish hiding behind the rock "I told you he was onto us" lol
This is why I quit social media 10 years ago. That and because of the awkward posts that go like, "I just had the worst day... I don't think I'll make it"
Daft punk actually has a song called the brainwasher
And that's why I will never use facebook.
But you're using youtube which is owned by Google....
I remember when my friends (as in physical people, not a random on my screen) acted like I was being a snobby asshole for staying away from social media.
While getting brainwashed is bad, having a company going through my actual phone is much worse. They should be required to do more than just give an empty "I'm sowwy" to the millions of people they sold out.
Never forget that someone is always trying to sell you something, and now a word from our sponsors 😜
This is like a Black Mirror episode!
There is no such thing as privacy of any kind any more
Yes there is. You just don't know how to do it. You just need to be willing to remove ease of use and convenience on the net to get it. Don't use Google. Don't use Apple, don't use Microsoft. Don't use social media, use TOR. If you are using e-mail PAY for the service. If you pay for something you aren't the product. Don't use Chrome as its Google. Use either Firefox or Opera. Use the plugins that can turn off javascript. Clear out your temp files every time you load the browser. Don't cache passwords. Avoid creating accounts in general, etc. Use a VPN all the time. Etc.
There are certain things you can't get around. Credit Bureaus hold a huge amount of data on you and there is nothing that can be done on that. Same with the City, State, and Federal levels. Same with the car you are driving. There is a ton of telemetry that is collected. But those things are generally minor. To make a blanket statement that there is no privacy of any kind is just stupid.
lol who tf is gonna do all of that tho. Even if you own a phone or a tv, your privacy isn't safe either. The only way is getting off the grid completely or try to
That's kind of naive to think. Even if you delete your Facebook, how do you know your info isn't deleted off of their databases or already sold to other companies? A great example is Snapchat. When you snap something, its gone in 24hr, but it still gets stored into snapchat databases. Rule of thumb on the internet is if it gets on there, its there to stay.
If Facebook was a religion, it would be the second biggest one behind Christianity. Facebook already has a lot of data on all of us and if its not Zuckerberg, it'll be someone else. Privacy is almost no such thing in the digital age unfortunately
thunderdrake13 completely agree with u
Love the last bit... A word from our sponsor... Golden
No matter how careful with social apps you can never be too careful.
Black Mirror 😂
kunalcs50 I was thinking about that too.
Damn..I watched that episode just last week
HAYLET ATWELL SLAYS
"All the electrical brainwashing in the world couldn't get people to like Ted Cruz" damn straight! And for good reason too!
You don't like Ted Cruz because he's Hispanic and you are a racist
I learned this 8 years ago in my second to last Spring Semester in college. When I took & passed Marketing Data & Information Systems course.
“Never forget that even the people you trust are trying to sell you something.Now...a word from our sponsors “🤣🤣🤣
PsyOps is the term people need to get to know here. Cambridge Analytica CEO Nix said in an interview that some core personal of Cambridge Analytica is shared with another company which trains Miliary PsyOps personal and the same technics for propaganda against countries are used. Bannon who was a board member of Cambridge Analytica talks about Culture war and the weapons to wield in that war are based PsyOps Propagannda Science.
In my opinion this either needs to be forbidden or the customers need to get the option to opt out so their profiles could not be sold indifferently what that data may include.
"and now a word from our sponsors".... i see what you did there! ;)
“And now a word from our sponsors” classic 😂😂
Loved the closing words :)
What they did is psychological profiling straight-up
Using data analytics to target people in elections isn’t what’s wrong. Campaigns from both sides do it. It’s a method to show you policies that you care about. The problem was that the data was obtained illegally.
Stealing peoples Data to brainwash them is still wrong in my opinion.
They're always sending these notifications: "This person wants to be your friend"; "Say Happy Birthday to this person." I think social media has more responsibility for understanding basic psychology, since they employ data-manipulating firms to exploit it. People come to these sites in innocence, wanting to be friendly to others, even to strangers, not to discriminate because of someone's name or appearance---and they are encouraged by their host to meet and interact with people they may or may not know. Yes, you could be super-hateful (or call it vigilant), put on a false face and tell lies about yourself, in the name of "protection", but that doesn't make the world a better place. We need the host who invites everyone into his house to stand up, make wise judgments and look out for his guests.
What an eye opening episode. . .
someone made billions shorting Facebook
The big short.
All social media has been doing this for a long time and now we realize this.
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I think this says a lot about the demographic that watches Trevor... all these comments about being surprised about data mining
"Life is Pain, and anyone who tries to tell you different is selling something" - The Princess Bride
2:25 that one woman laughing felt embarrassed only a second later.
Bet there's a lot of face palming at Facebook lately.
Facebook constantly gets caught data mining it’s users. This isn’t new information. Deep learning + AI must use huge data resources such as facebook
Electronic Brainwashing works for every campaign except for TED CRUZ 🤣🤣😅
Where ever all the uneducated white ppl live in concentrated areas is where it works. I live in Texas. I know why it works in Texas for Ted Cruz. They keep voting for the most hated politician in America for a reason.
Jamie Mathis
Uneducated ppl are easily manipulated since they are completely clueless and delusional
I grew up in Florida. Fear of alligators and swamps is a real thing. I can totally understand why the. Crowd went wild. Personally, i would never be at his convention in the first place.
6:16 Damn it! I trusted you Trevor! haha
This is so scary
Facebook needs to do something about this!
Dante Crailman they need a new CEO
Dante Crailman they're part of it
Dante Crailman they did, they helped 'em do it.
That’s facebooks business model. For them you are not the customer you are the product.
People need to be accountable for their own actions instead of blaming everyone else... Coz this time it was Facebook, but it will be something else next time. Be above it all.
"And now, a word from our sponsors".
Much love Trevor.
That ending line was so good and subtle I wonder how many people caught it
Good thing I deleted Facebook long time ago.
Islam Salam don’t worry, internet explorer, Twitter, and TH-cam are still data mining you
Wild MissingNo m
That's true !!!
Eh OK
Get educated!!!
Eh OK wow rude as fuck
That Dad "joke" bombed with me and clearly bombed with the crowd. Don't know why they did that - it actually put me in a bad mood.
Some dads are shitty and we don’t care for them.
Nadlor 7 that wasn't the point though. I guess my remark isn't applicable to anyone beyond me. I am finding that I just don't like when he adlibs that way. I just think he gets awkward. Like the friend that tries to be funny and isn't 'on', and stretches a dumb joke beyond its break point. That's all. I like him, just not this joke.
I actually liked it but that’s cuz my dad is shit and he likes sports cars soo..
You've grown Trevor Noah. John Stewart must be proud.
And now, a word from our sponsors lol. I see what you did there LOLOL
“ And now a word from our sponsors”
DippedNGlory fine black woman
Stephfond Ewins thank you!
I don't care what anybody says nothing I mean nothing can convince me to vote for Trump.
yea they probably wouldn't even advertise to you because your not the target demographic.
If your will is strong and you have a sense of morality and decency, you will choose wisely. If you are uneducated and easily influenced and have hate in your heart, you will choose trump.
Franklin Sharp stick to trump. He is more of your kind and you believe in sticking to your own kind. You will follow trump to hell.
GileIgnj True.
Franklin Sharp you voted for trump, boy, and you're still licking trump's shithole so you are pathetic. You Amerikans are getting a taste of your own medicine. The whole world is laughing at you while you choose to follow trump to hell.
Wise words in the closing. Everyone's trying to sell you something.
Love your show
😆😂😂 Trump totally monologues his evil schemes!!!
Remember his interview with Lester Holt when he Monologued obstruction of justice to the reknown journalist, during a recorded interview for Tv!!! 😂😂
Wtf is anyone investigating still? 😂 Dude confessed already
Kennedy Kariuki just a different kind of evil. Compared to Hillary that’s been caught telling her billionaire donors, “there’s the way you talk to your constituents, and then there’s the way you talk to the general population.”
Kennedy Kariuki I don't get it either, he's guilty as sin!
Why are people still talking about Hillary? Even if it's to say she was the only other option, SHE WASN'T! We could have had a Bush, Rubio, Kasich, Graham, Cruz, Florina, Christie, Huckabee, Carson and I'm still missing about 7 more I can't remember. Granted Carson, Cruz, and Christie wouldn't be that great, but most of the rest would at least be normal politicians, which while being a low bar is still higher than the idiot we have in office. STOP PRETENDING THE ONLY OTHER CHOICE WAS CLINTON!
Jose thank you thank you. See at lease you get it some people keep on blaming and blaming nonsense at Obama Clinton or whoever this is the reason why trump is popular with the crazies cause he and everyone working for him have no consequences.
Jose Carlos Moreno because if Hillary and the DNC didn’t work together to fuck bernie, we would have bernie in office instead of trump
"He appeals to fears and desires that existed"
Something like: "Trump is the new Hitler"?
Looks like this can be played in multiplayer-mode....
Frankish Empire still waiting for any resemblance between butler and trump
Harak Mapping the comparison to hitler and the outrage from the left because of it was insanity
well, there's a big difference between leading you to believe trump is racist, and reality trump supporters shouting racist comments at rallies. The tactic is absolutely is used on both sides. but disliking trump isn't a "red" vs "blue" issue. It's an idiot vs nonidiot issue. Okay, saying idiot might be mean but... I mean, if you are ignoring reality (forget what anyone on tv says, I mean actual reality) just to support your team and ignoring all the genuine faults...well definitely not a smart move to do. supporting trump isn't supporting conservatism. disliking trump doesn't make you a liberal. using hyperbolic examples like yours doesn't make trump a better person or a better leader. He's bad, he's done bad things, and even if you support him...his very actions (yes, his actions, not what anyone tells you about him) show he doesn't care at all what happens to you :\
Harak Mapping
You can literally say the same thing with Bernie lol. He’s for reducing immigration (doesn’t mean you hate immigrants Jesus), blames the top 1% like they stole from people and doesn’t even mention that people move in and out of the 1%, but hates corporations like Mao and Castro.
Kre Bernie doesn't hate corporations and he isn't in slightest way like Mao and Castro. He isn't even a socialist. He is a social democrat. Social democrats are the worst enemy of communists like Mao and Castro. Comparing Bernie to those guys doesn't show that comparing Trump to Hitler is wrong. It just shows that you have absolutely no clue about politics and political theory. Before comparing social democrats to communists you should read something about communsim.
The fact that it's just like advertising should be what scares you.
Love seeing fellow South African, Yolandi of Die Antwoord, in the crazy colored hair reference Trevor!
Looks like trump, facebook and analytica are in for a big ride
You would have to include Obama
If u think clearly Obama can go for a ride but in new Zealand and he is gonna have fun
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I swear to god leftists when they lose an argument just calling people names cause they have no argument.
Kre Calling people names with no arguments? That was Trump's entire campaign model 😂😂
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Steve Bannon is grosser than Ben Affleck's back tattoo
"And now a word from our sponsors" lol
I can only wonder how many videos this Trevor does in a month let alone a year
02:26 When you are the only one to laugh at the crapiest joke in the show.....
The Team Jackass so you were there at the show’s live recording? ......Guess not........
Cambridge Analytica does not even operate or have anything to do with Cambridge - They moved their meetings with Steve Bannon to Cambridge so it would appear so initially...
- And sorry but it was said from the very beginning that on Facebook you as the user are the product. If we as users do not change our emotional reaction patterns in place of a reflection based consensus, then we will continue to be manipulated - if not by CA then by someone else. The fatality of our need for drama, storytelling and constant curiosity is unfortunately also our achilles heal.
It can not be a secret or rather come as a surprise anymore - When we engage on social media, we are subject to analysis and information gathering. Nothing is for free and neither is Facebook, Google or other socially based internt medias. Knowledge is power. Those that undertake these kind of actions as in this case knows that very well and they know how to utilise this knowledge to their bidding.
HesteBremse
You make a lot of excellent points here. There's one thing you say that I don't understand. Can you clarify what you mean by "a reflection based consensus"? Please and thank you.
HesteBremse I'm glad you raised these points. Especially the office location. Americans who hear "Cambridge Analytica" seem to associate it with Cambridge University, when that's not at all the case. Whistleblower Christopher Wiley made a point to say that they didn't even have a legitimate office there, but when Bannon, Mercer, or any other of the power players involved would visit, Nix would have equipment and staff moved from the London office to give the CA office the appearance of validity and professionalism. This is a company that's entirely based in manipulating what people see, hear, and think. Their investors and senior administrative officials are obviously not immune to such brainwashing.
HesteBremse and by "reflection based consensus", do you mean voting as our influencing factors (including people) tell us to?
By reflection based consensus I mean that everybody must start to (at least try) to think a little different - meaning to reflect up on why a message is coming "your way" and what it actually means - ask why I was sent and what the purpose of it is or what it could be - it would mean to make a secondary reflection on the subject to avoid acting directly or "only" on our emotional responses. There is nothing wrong with emotions, but they belong in certain life situations better than in others.
When we are engaging on Social Media and as described in the utility of CA used to wire and strongly affect our perceptions - in this emotional reactions becomes a tool to be abused by those who intend to move us towards different perceptions fitting their agenda. By consensus I mean to collectively understand that our emotional reactions must be challenged by ourself regardless of who we are - Like some rules that are never written down, but something that is understood broadly by a community or group because it serves the group purposefully regardless of different opinions within it.
We are humans and we are strongly emotional beings so it is not an easy thing to ask to set aside these emotions and it is also not the real purpose, but if we do not have that extra layer of reflection running, we will remain open targets for emotionally driven content, which essentially often have a completely unemotional goals - Like; Power, Money, Diversion, Confusion and the most utilised political tool "Divide and Conquer" in other words Polarising intent.
it is a huge challenge but considering that social media in fact also makes us able to debate and discuss nearly globally, we must try to reach a consensus about how we react to all these constructed influences. The line between truth and reality is becoming constantly more blurred on the digital world we call the internet - because everything can be produced to fit the individual user (target) and it is nearly impossible for each user to check sources and validate content thoroughly.
And even here we must also consider why we discuss various subjects - Why do we do it?. There is not only one answer, but for sure we are trying to understand what is going on - Why does one person have this opinion over another, Why can´t or will this person not understand my view or why can I not understand his or her view. If we do not apply a reflection based mindset then we can not expect the outcome of the debate to become fruitful or useful - Meaning we just remain stagnant in our own perception of what is and we remain polarised and so we are fairly easy target regardless of political sides or otherwise.
Overall I have no answer how to achieve this consensus - but it is evident that most user profiles have real people in real lifes behind it, even the "Trolls" are real people and so is those that perhaps works for professional influencing companies. Everybody has a history, a social background and it is natural that these factors have had a strong influence on how each person see the world. I would simply advice to remember that when we communicate and to apply similar reflections when we debate or react to content.
- Remember that our emotional nature can subject to abuse, so think twice before you react.
- Remember that one message on a subject might not be the exact same as another user have seen.
- Remember that behind the text in a thread there is mostly real people, but in some cases there are people being paid to act as other persons...
- If you suspect that a professional influencer is at work - then regard it as You being on to something important to the subject debated.
- Remember there is a chance that a strongly emotional driven content is manufactured to catch You - Ask what is the purpose or intent of it.
- Acknowledge that everything on digital media is subject to information gathering - Nothing is for Free, never has been.
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Secondary and fully on my own account I find that Prejudgment and large scale Generalisation is a huge problem in the global debate.
I would suggest anybody regardless of political side and standpoint to avoid these two verbs when debating. If you have numbers or other fact based knowledge then it is not generalisation anymore. Prejudgment is a "super negative" that leaves out any openings for a constructive debate - But it is often what brings people to debate.
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Red and Blue Pill spoke of this extensively on KNOW The Ledge Radio
Some of us are immune to being manipulated that way, Supreme Leader Trevor.
Nothing you share on the Internet is privat! Nothing!
It's too late we already in the machine
2057ram never too late
Welcome to the machine
What? A politician telling the people what they like to hear? Yeah really new thing, this just makes it easier, the problem is a simple lack of education. But some politicians were always good at figuring out what to say and how to manipulate people. The Problem remain the people, not the internet or social media.