Targeted
The Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower's Inside Story of How Big Data, Trump, and Facebook Broke Democracy and How It Can Happen Again
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In this explosive memoir, a political consultant and technology whistleblower reveals the disturbing truth about the multi-billion-dollar data industry, revealing to the public how companies are getting richer using our personal information and exposing how Cambridge Analytica exploited weaknesses in privacy laws to help elect Donald Trump - and how this could easily happen again in the 2020 presidential election.
When Brittany Kaiser joined Cambridge Analytica - the UK-based political consulting firm funded by conservative billionaire and Donald Trump patron Robert Mercer - she was an idealistic young professional working on her fourth degree in human rights law and international relations. A veteran of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, Kaiser’s goal was to utilize data for humanitarian purposes, most notably to prevent genocide and human rights abuses. But her experience inside Cambridge Analytica opened her eyes to the tremendous risks that this unregulated industry poses to privacy and democracy.
Targeted is Kaiser’s eyewitness chronicle of the dramatic and disturbing story of the rise and fall of Cambridge Analytica. She reveals to the public how Facebook’s lax policies and lack of sufficient national laws allowed voters to be manipulated in both Britain and the United States, where personal data was weaponized to spread fake news and racist messaging during the Brexit vote and the 2016 election. But the damage isn’t done Kaiser warns; the 2020 election can be compromised as well if we continue to do nothing.
In the aftermath of the US election, as she became aware of the horrifying reality of what Cambridge Analytica had done in support of Donald Trump, Kaiser made the difficult choice to expose the truth. Risking her career, relationships, and personal safety, she told authorities about the data industry’s unethical business practices, eventually testifying before Parliament about the company’s Brexit efforts and helping Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, alongside at least 10 other international investigations.
Packed with never-before-publicly-told stories and insights, Targeted goes inside the secretive meetings with Trump campaign personnel and details the promises Cambridge Analytica made to win. Throughout, Kaiser makes the case for regulation, arguing that legal oversight of the data industry is not only justifiable but essential to ensuring the long-term safety of our democracy.
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- What My Eighteen Years of Working with Donald Trump Reveals About Him
- By: Barbara A. Res
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 8 hrs
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Barbara A. Res worked directly with Donald Trump for 18 years on some of his biggest projects and had nearly unlimited access to him. Trump selected Res to be in charge of construction of Trump Tower, his greatest success as a developer. In this insider’s look at how the ambitious real estate developer became the most divisive president in recent US history, Res takes us into closed-door meetings, boardrooms, limo rides, and helicopter flights to really understand what makes him tick and show us why his claim to be a great dealmaker and savvy businessman is just a mirage.
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Extraordinary insight
- By Debbie Hupp on 10-27-20
By: Barbara A. Res
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Black Founder
- The Hidden Power of Being an Outsider
- By: Stacy Spikes
- Narrated by: Stacy Spikes
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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From the award-winning entrepreneur USA Today named one of the twenty-one most influential Blacks in technology comes an empowering, bracingly honest, entertaining blueprint for success in life and work—including the true story of what really happened to MoviePass—straight from the cofounder and former CEO himself.
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An Epic Journey
- By Amazon Customer on 10-04-24
By: Stacy Spikes
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Rachel Maddow
- A Biography
- By: Lisa Rogak
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Rachel Maddow has beaten the odds in a way that's novel in today's America: She uses her brain. In a world of banal and opinionated soundbites, she regularly crushes Sean Hannity's ratings thanks to her deeply researched reports. And in our highly polarized world, Maddow amiably engages the staunchest conservatives, while never hesitating to expose their light-on-facts defenses.
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Absolute Pablum.
- By mj on 02-03-20
By: Lisa Rogak
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Piety & Power
- Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House
- By: Tom LoBianco
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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A revealing, in-depth biography of Mike Pence, the most secretive and ingratiating vice president in modern history, from a reporter with remarkable access. Piety & Power cuts to the core of the nation’s most enigmatic politician and unearths new, important, and fascinating anecdotes about Pence’s faith, his marriage to Karen Pence, his bizarre, obsequious relationship with Trump, his deeply buried personality, his ascent to power under John Boehner, and his presidential aspirations and plans for America’s future.
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Scary he's so close to the top job
- By John S. on 10-15-19
By: Tom LoBianco
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Antisocial
- Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation
- By: Andrew Marantz
- Narrated by: Andrew Marantz
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
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From a rising star at The New Yorker, a deeply immersive chronicle of how the optimistic entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley set out to create a free and democratic internet - and how the cynical propagandists of the alt-right exploited that freedom to propel the extreme into the mainstream.
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Amazing read!!!
- By Nick H on 10-23-19
By: Andrew Marantz
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Mike Bloomberg
- Money, Power, Politics
- By: Joyce Purnick
- Narrated by: Mark Moseley
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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Michael Bloomberg is not only New York City's 108th mayor; he is a business genius and self-made billionaire. He has run the toughest city in America with an independence and show of ego that first brought him great success and eventually threatened it. Yet while Bloomberg is internationally known and admired, few people know the man behind the carefully crafted public persona.
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Not the most captivating, but a decent summary
- By liz w on 03-06-17
By: Joyce Purnick
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Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated
- And the Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
- By: Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz
- Narrated by: Richard Harries
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
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In Never Eat Alone, Ferrazzi lays out the specific steps - and inner mindset - he uses to reach out to connect with the thousands of colleagues, friends, and associates on his contacts list, people he has helped and who have helped him. And in the time since Never Eat Alone was published in 2005, the rise of social media and new, collaborative management styles have only made Ferrazzi’s advice more essential for anyone hoping to get ahead in business.
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Couldn't finish
- By book smart on 05-01-16
By: Keith Ferrazzi, and others
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We've Got People
- From Jesse Jackson to AOC, the End of Big Money and the Rise of a Movement
- By: Ryan Grim
- Narrated by: Sean W. Stewart
- Length: 16 hrs and 57 mins
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may seem like she came from nowhere, but the movement that propelled her to office - and to global political stardom - has been building for 30 years...With the party and the nation at a crossroads, this timely and original audiobook offers new insight into how we’ve gotten where we are - and where we're headed.
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Excellent and illuminating, despite tech "issue"
- By DanoB on 08-25-19
By: Ryan Grim
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The Center Holds
- Obama and His Enemies
- By: Jonathan Alter
- Narrated by: Jonathan Alter
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
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In The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies, Jonathan Alter uses his unmatched access and deep knowledge of politics and history to produce the first full account of America at the crossroads. He pierces the bubble of the White House and of the presidential campaigns with exclusive reporting and rare historical insight. More than a campaign book, this is the epic story of an embattled president facing a historic moment he considered more pivotal than 2008.
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The Best Telling of the 2012 Campaign So Far
- By Mike on 06-11-13
By: Jonathan Alter
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They Said This Day Would Never Come
- Chasing the Dream on Obama's Improbable Campaign
- By: Chris Liddell-Westefeld
- Narrated by: Chris Liddell-Westefeld, Dion Graham, Graham Halstead, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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In the year leading up to the Iowa caucuses, few thought a freshman senator named Barack Hussein Obama would be able to win the Democratic nomination - not to mention become the most popular leader in the world. But something was stirring. Hundreds of young people from all over the country began assembling first in Iowa. These "kids" became the foundation of one of the most improbable presidential campaigns of the modern era. Chris Liddell-Westefeld was one of those kids. He and thousands of other staff and volunteers dedicated their time, intelligence, and resources to help elect Barack Obama.
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2008 re-lived
- By Miss Effie on 07-01-20
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Under Fire
- Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House
- By: April Ryan, Tamron Hall - foreword
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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Veteran White House reporter April Ryan thought she had seen everything in her two decades as a White House correspondent. And then came the Trump administration. In Under Fire, Ryan takes us inside the confusion and chaos of the Trump White House to understand how she and other reporters adjusted to the new normal. She takes us inside the policy debates, the revolving door of personnel appointments, and what it is like when she, as a reporter asking difficult questions, finds herself in the spotlight, becoming part of the story.
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- By Deborah on 09-03-18
By: April Ryan, and others
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Collision 2012
- Obama vs. Romney and the Future of Elections in America
- By: Dan Balz
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
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Four years ago, a bright young presidential candidate named Barack Obama campaigned on a theme of hope and change, and made history. Today, he finds himself in another bitter, divisive presidential race but without the buzzwords. Instead, an embattled president struggles with a dysfunctionally divided Congress, a controversial healthcare bill, a decade-long war, and a stagnant economy.
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Fascinating. Couldn't stop listening.
- By Gregory E Benoit on 07-24-16
By: Dan Balz
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- Amber S.
- 07-10-20
An important book...
Listened as a follow up to The Great Hack. So glad I did. Arguably the most important book you could consume prior 2020 election.
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- SPORTO
- 08-16-22
Spectacular
Probably one of the best audiobooks I’ve ever listened to. The details of the events that took place at Cambridge Analytica are incredible and eye opening.
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- Thomas E. Manes
- 01-08-20
Informative
An fascinating memoir by a major whistleblower exposing the robbing of the populace’s data mainly by Cambridge Analytica, but also by funding entities, Facebook & other key players. The most essential part of the chronicle are the last couple of chapters & epilogue.
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- Kellie Smith
- 09-22-20
Mandatory Reading
This book should be read by all. Very important info of what is actually happening in the world through the buying and selling of our social media.
I always enjoy an audio book that is narrated by the author and I did enjoy Ms Kaisers telling of her own story. Her voice is slow and methodical so I ran the book at 1.1 speed.
I highly recommend.
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- Troy keith holder walker
- 12-02-22
Lectura obligatoria
Este audio libro es educativo, brillante, informativo, ilustra lo que nos depara el futuro
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- L. de Curtis
- 08-26-20
One of those books you better read...
learning how big data is using your personal information to manipulate your choices is priceless
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- Theresa M. Bucy
- 11-15-19
Answers many questions
My favorite part of this book is the Epilogue. It lays out an action plan! Thank you, Brittany, for not only opening my eyes, but giving me a path to follow! This is ‘must read’ information. I encourage anyone to listen/read and then act.
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- Lauro Mercado
- 11-09-19
Well done Brittany!
This book gave me some hope, where previously I had none, that citizens and human beings in general, can own their future. That we are not condemned or destined to be the victims of so powerful manipulation capabilities of manipulating us, by the strongest companies and governments in the World.
Still I am sckeptical. Civil causes take more time than profit or power generating forces. Hopefully we are faster this time.
Thank you Brittany!
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- David Ben Kay
- 05-04-20
Why owning your own data is so critical
I listened to Brittany’s book in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic. It’s one of those critical moments, like 9/11, when big data companies (like Amazon, Facebook, etc.) and governments are going to take advantage of panic and fear to further encroach on civil liberties and dig their claws deeper into our personal data. Targeted gives us a personal story and insight into how she was co-opted into giving her talent to the “evil side.” The most amazing thing in her story is that the experience didn’t make her totally cynical. On the contrary, she ends on a hopeful note - and in her final acknowledgments gives specific suggestions about what one can do to change things. Her move into the blockchain movement following her experience at CA makes perfect sense. It is the platform/technology that, at the moment, holds the greatest potential for us to take back ownership of our data.
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- Judith S.
- 09-26-23
An important book
A must read for all voters and internet users. Share this with everyone you can think of.
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