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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The Algorithm first tested by Cambridge Analytica and Palantir with Peter Thiel and Collegues, to see if they could manipulate the emotions of Facebook users (they could).

He went on to develop people-targetting data systems so the FBI and CIA could locate and track people around the world by their demographics, internet footprint and data.

Thiel then did the same for MOSSAD, eventually taking over at MOSSAD's R&D company Carbyne (after Thiel's friend Epstein died in Prison).

That's how the Algorithm got started, developed, and was used, now most big tech companies have their own versions of it.