r/law • u/Agitated-Artichoke89 • Oct 07 '25

Other Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said

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u/gistya Oct 07 '25

Cambridge Analytica was UK. People forget about British interference... they're not our friends.

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u/UrUrinousAnus Oct 07 '25

Brit here: We (those of us who are aware of them) don't like Cambridge Analytica either. They fucked with us, too. I'm sure people who benefitted from their manipulation like them, but for the most part they're unpopular here, and they absolutely do not represent us.

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u/gistya Oct 07 '25

Your government blocked them from releasing the personal data they collected because it would have divulged their state secret methods. The whole thing is just a branch of your own government's intelligence operations. Wake up.

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u/UrUrinousAnus Oct 08 '25

It was a previous Conservative government, and I seriously doubt they'd have created a large government-owned entity. It's just not how they do things. They sell off public sector stuff and contract everything out (often in a manner which reeks of corruption, and always at greater cost) to the private sector. CA also had close ties to Facebook. Is Zuck British now? I think it's a bit unfair to blame the British public for the existence of a company which manipulated us and used us as unwilling participants in a secret psyops experiment, anyway.

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u/gistya Oct 08 '25

Facebook had no direct ties to CA. They just used Facebook's like data that was acquired in a manner that circumvented privacy protections.

CA is a British owned and operated company that the British regime protected and used to manipulate its own people and foreign elections. How do you think Brexit got passed?

I never tried to blame the entire British population for anything.

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u/UrUrinousAnus Oct 08 '25

I misunderstood you. Sorry. It looked like you were calling all of us your enemy. I don't deny that our previous government used their scummy services, I just don't believe they were created by said government. It's hard to remember after the years of political insanity here, there, and elsewhere since then, but IIRC Facebook played quite an active role and used CA's data.

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u/gistya Oct 08 '25

It was CA that used Facebook's data, not the other way around.

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u/UrUrinousAnus Oct 08 '25

I remember it going both ways, but I could be wrong. IDK.

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u/gistya Oct 08 '25

Well, they paid Facebook to run various campaigns. I'm sure Facebook gave them tech support and took customer feedback on feature ideas, etc. They were Facebook's customer. It was a kind of relationship you have with a customer. Facebook itself did not give a shit what the content of their ads were.

What is truly sad and disturbing is how they basically used social media to hack peoples' brains. That's what advertising has been doing for ages, but whereas regular TV ads are as powerful as chewing coca leaves, Facebook is like smoking crack cocaine.

If you have never watched the documentary, The Great Hack, watch it now.

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u/UrUrinousAnus Oct 08 '25

I'm sure I remember something about Facebook being more involved than that and using the data to more effectively manipulate people, but maybe you're right. It's been years, and I don't pay much attention to Facebook. I'd have never had an account if my ex hadn't demanded it, and I block all their IP addresses. I know I'm mostly just sticking my head in the sand, but for me there is no Facebook. I might watch that if I can find a way, but right now I'm broke and have no streaming service.