Cambridge Analytica whistleblower spills the beans on how the company used profile data from millions Facebook users without permission and worked with political parties it to win elections. Is this behavior the result of criminal intent, un-ethical people, hazards of social networking, corporate ambivalence or all the above?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lance Ulanoff.
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Show Notes
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Facebook suspends data analytics company, Appel may be making its own displays, HTC releases new version of Vive VR headset.
Tom, Sarah, and esteemed guest Iyaz Akhtar tackle the latest emails from our mailbag! 
Lyft is trialling a subscription plans for high frequency users. Is this a potential model for other ride hailing services and could this be another alternative to private car ownership and public transit?
US accuses Russia of hacking power grids, Plattsburgh NY imposes moratorium on bitcoin mining, Lyft tests subscription model. 
Say so long to Web 2.0 and make way for Web 3.0. It’s new, it’s fresh, and it’s already here. So what is it? Find out and what it means for your digital life. Linus Torvalds casts a critical eye on the CTS Labs security report on security flaws on AMD’s new processors and Fortune weighs the national security merits of blocking the Broadcomm/Qualcomm merger.
Google opens maps, Twitter may target Snapchat, and Linus Torvalds targets CTS’s AMD report.
YouTube adjusts and expands its content moderation initiative including limiting the amount of time moderators look at objectionable content and linking Wikipedia content but is this really the best the company can do? Plus France aims its legal sights on Google and Apple over treatment of developers.