[at-fates-hands]

Should Cambridge Analytica then be held accountable for being dubious in what users were giving access to and what they would do with that data?

Do you think if they knew the full scope of Cambridge Analytica's work they would've allowed them to access the data?

[Nextgrid]

Absolutely, but if I remember correctly Cambridge Analytica is no more and the law doesn't seem to be going after whoever was behind the company.

> Do you think if they knew the full scope of Cambridge Analytica's work they would've allowed them to access the data?

Honestly? I'm not sure - a lot of people already dismiss privacy concerns and ad tracking as "I've got nothing to hide" or "it's just ads, no big deal". Unfortunately I wouldn't be surprised if people opted in even if CA was fully transparent with their intentions.

However, CA even broke Facebook's API terms of use, so at least if CA was transparent Facebook wouldn't have allowed them API access to begin with (though I'm sure they would've worked around that, with malicious apps/browser extensions or just asking for raw Facebook credentials, bypassing the API completely).

[bzb6]

If I tell you to go on Facebook and take screenshots of your friends’ profiles and send them to me and then I do dubious things using that information, whose fault is it? I’d split it between you and me. Facebook is not at fault at all.