Facebook’s Cambridge education with Eoin O’Dell

Why voter profiling matters and what we can do about it

Facebook has admitted breaching users’ trust by letting political consultants Cambridge Analytica use its data to construct psychological profiles of US voters. So what does this mean for the rest of us? With a referendum on the 8th amendment coming up, could the same techniques be applied to swing the vote here?

This week Niall meets TCD Associate Professor of Law Eoin O’Dell to look at the local and legal implications.

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For more from Eoin O’Dell visit his blog Cearta.ie.

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