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blockchain solutions, which I always hoped could help fix the problems of Facebook, will now have the opportunity to turn the entire data industry on its head, returning the value produced by individuals every day back to them, and empowering the world to enter a new global economy previously accessed only by the world’s most powerful organizations.

Cambridge Analytica and The SCL Group have been dissolved, but what does that mean? Many of my former colleagues are still out there, consulting on elections and working in data analytics. This includes Alexander Nix, who, according to press reports, met with former prime minister Theresa May upon her exit and the newly minted prime minister Boris Johnson

I wanted to bring it to Mark first,” Roger said, “as I thought he would be happy to see the cracks in the system I had pointed out. I saw the darkness in the algorithms, I saw people’s data being used against them, and suggested so many ways to fix it. Unfortunately, he wanted nothing to do with it, and passed me off to lower-level employees

watched a video of the now-infamous Roger McNamee.

She then reached in a pocket and pulled out an enameled coin: “This is the White House CTO coin. I’m gifting one to each of you, as it will remind you of your strength, your intelligence, and that we can solve any problem we put our minds to if we work together. You as individuals and we as collective societies have been taken advantage of. There is a lot we can do to combat it, and we need to work hard every day to do so.”

epic hero of mine, Megan Smith, former chief technology officer at the White House under Obama and the top technology policy figure in the country for many years.

After I shared my story, she took my hand in hers and said she forgave me. It wasn’t my fault, she reminded me; sometimes good people get wrapped up in dark things. Also, it’s easy for a young woman to get taken advantage of—that I had been

Suddenly, it came to me: Own Your Data

He also said that he had run campaigns in more than fifty countries.

My failure to stand in opposition to what I encountered wasn’t a failure at all, I’d told myself. It was a triumph of impartiality. I had been trained in international human rights law, and impartiality was its hallmark.