Twitter and the Saudis, Facebook’s 'Switcharoo', and the 2020 digital ads race
Kara and Scott talk about former Twitter employees who were spying on user data for Saudi Arabia.
November 8, 2019
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Episode 59 · November 8, 2019
Twitter and the Saudis, Facebook’s 'Switcharoo', and the 2020 digital ads race
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Twitter and the Saudis, Facebook’s 'Switcharoo', and the 2020 digital ads race
Summary
Kara and Scott talk about former Twitter employees who were spying on user data for Saudi Arabia. They also talk about a big leak of internal Facebook emails that further shows Facebook's conniving use of data. A year out from the 2020 election, a new progressive PAC is trying to beat Donald Trump in the digital ad space. Kara and Scott agree it's a drop in the bucket. Scott bids a farewell to his presidential hopeful and "dreamy man crush" Beto. Kara's win is Airbnb's transparent handling of a few recent incidents. Meanwhile, in fails, SAT-takers names and data are being sold to elite universities ... so those schools can have a higher rejection rate.
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