"It’s worth remembering that until recently #Facebook was encouraging #political operatives to take full advantage of its garden of #surveillance.

And while aspects of the #CambridgeAnalytica affair may be surprising, and offer a disturbing glimpse into the shadows, the routine #exploitation of #information about our lives – about who we are – is what’s powering Facebook. It’s the behemoth’s lifeblood."

#datamisuse #personaldata

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/26/facebook-data-misuse-cambridge-analytica