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Jury finds Facebook liable for deceiving users in Cambridge Analytica case

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sxp · 1790388795 · focus · HN ↗
Since these articles tend to actually bury the data that was scraped:
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  &gt; .. the information likely included one&#x27;s &quot;public profile, page likes, birthday and current city&quot; ..
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal#Data_characteristics" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Ana...
This information was limited to what was publicly accessible on the site rather than some private data as many outlets tend to claim.
1. deathanatos · 1790389371 · focus · HN ↗
  Is that not parsed as,
  > (public profile), [private] page likes, [possibly private] birthday and [possibly private] current city
  ?
  (I've put in my best understanding of the other elements. AIUI, you can make the latter two public, but if I recall the scandal, that wasn't what occurred.)

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