Review of The Great Hack (2019) by Benwomack — 17 Sep 2020

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This, 17th Sept 2020. Far too hot.

Relationship to the truth. This is a court case and I'm not going to get involved. Description: This documentary concerns an ongoing? legal battle, to get facebook, to be accountable for the way people use it? in particular with regards to a company, Cambridge Analytica, who used it to data-mine. The devil is in the details, and I am no master of the details, sorry. Basically, you follow Mrs. Brittany Kaiser as she testifies against former employer Cambridge Analytica. Introduced to the subject, by Prof. D. Carroll's case; that he would like his data back, from being used by Cambridge Analytica, who were interested in him as a potential US voter- a case he could only argue, in Britain. There is recorded footage of Cambridge Analytica’s CEO? Alexander Nix, talking callously about tactics they used, to sway an election, in Trinidad and Tobago... And a large chunk also from Mrs. Carole Cadwallr about her investigations into the bad boys of Brexit. Finally saying the UK is now compromised, when it comes to elections.

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I'm totally not on top of this as an issue. I quite liked this documentary. What will I remember in future? I'm not sure. I found some of the graphics- buildings deteriorate into data dust, people say Cambridge Analytica repeatedly - moderately irritating. I quite like the new effect, a tweet pops up on screen...

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Durham, has a great university. Manchester. The London School of Economics. Why, when someone wants to cultivate a veneer of intellectual superiority, could they not have used these perfectly decent establishments in their name? I live in Cambridge- now have to look twice at everyone I pass by.