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How I sued Cambridge Analytica over my personal data

In 2018, media professor David Carroll filed a legal claim against infamous data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica. He wanted his data -- which the firm misappropriated, along with that of millions of other internet users. In this fascinating talk, he shares the story of his crusade, demonstrating the now-undeniable link between data rights and democracy.

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In 2018, media professor David Carroll filed a legal claim against infamous data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica. He wanted his data -- which the firm misappropriated, along with that of millions of other internet users. In this fascinating talk, he shares the story of his crusade, demonstrating the now-undeniable link between data rights and democracy.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxMidAtlantic, an independent event.

Read more about TEDx.

About the speaker

David Carroll

An associate professor of media design at Parsons School of Design, David Carroll is known for challenging Cambridge Analytica in the UK in a quest to recover voter data profiles from the 2016 election. Before that, he served as director of the MFA Design and Technology graduate program at Parsons and then took a shot at being a media tech entrepreneur after working for media clients in digital marketing since the dawn of the commercial internet. He has written about his data quest for Wired, Motherboard, and Boston Review and is working on a book. His research, scholarship, creative practice, and collaborations have been funded by the US government and private foundations.

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