Period 5/6: Cambridge Analytica

brooke, personally, i believe that it is fine that facebook monitored user trends. Its not like they hacked into personal information, but they are simply making their platform more user friendly by showing the users ads. It is the equivalent of a parent monitoring your search history. It is not a huge deal because if people are influenced by ads on facebook on who to vote for, then they probably are not very involved in politics.

@olivia i believe that companies like Cambridge Analytica are fair game. They make ads and ads are supposed to influence people. If candidates want to hire them to distribute propaganda, then they should be allowed to do so.