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**FILE** A voter asks an election worker a question as she votes at Samuels Community Center in the presidential election in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City on Nov. 8, 2016. (Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images)
Posted inNational

GOP-Connected Tech Firm Targeted Black Voters on Facebook for ‘Deterrence’

by WI Guest Author October 5, 2020December 21, 2021

A database built by Cambridge Analytica, the Republican-aligned firm that shut down over allegations of improper use of Facebook data, targeted Black voters for “deterrence” in profiles prepared for Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, according to reporting by Great Britain’s Channel 4 News.

Posted inLifestyle

Facebook to Notify Users How Data Was Shared

by WI Guest Author April 10, 2018October 31, 2020
Posted inD Kevin McNeir, National

Is the Death of Facebook Imminent?

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor March 28, 2018October 31, 2020

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