CANCELLED: Due to health events The Great Hack has been cancelled for March 13. Be well!!

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Cambridge Analytica came to symbolize the dark side of social media in the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Cambridge Analytica is the focus of “The Great Hack.” A British data mining firm, the filmmakers realized that it became β€œa full-service propaganda machine.” The company collected data from social media platforms like Facebook to target ads at a narrow band of undecided voters.

The practice effectively shaped voting results in several countries (e.g., Argentina, Kenya, Malaysia, South Africa) before Donald Trump won the United States presidency in 2016.

β€œLock her up” was a Cambridge Analytica creation.

Release Year: 2019

Running Time: 1 hr 54 min

Director: Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim

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