Robert Mercer: the big data billionaire waging war on mainstream media
I get the gist of the article, and it is scary.<p>I don't recall as much scare when people found out Obama's team used machine learning and data collection, as well as Hillary's later efforts, to influence voters or gain support.<p>I am not a Trump supporter, nor a Hillary or Obama fan; I am pretty disgusted with the US political system, however, I also recall people praising the IT/ML/Big Data teams for Obama and Hillary without even a mention of what data they were slinging or collecting.<p>I left FB years ago, and I feel much better for it, especially after reading this article.