He is clearly a lefty. You can see that from his twatter. Here is an article that was linked to on Silicon Valley providing money to rural D candidates and a company that makes it happen. Only post this example because there may some good digging here.
Never heard of these guys.
https:// www.theverge.com/2018/3/8/17092684/great-slate-fundraising-congressional-campaign
He did mention that he deleted some twats, so not sure if that did him in or not.
She isn't saying anything that hasn't been public for a long time. This was in the NYT.
http:// www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/magazine/the-obama-campaigns-digital-masterminds-cash-in.html?mtrref=www.nytimes.com&gwh=6A450C8FC67C0AC2401D0C4661086993&gwt=pay
"As the denizens of the cave were setting out to do that, the digital-analytics team, led by Rayid Ghani, a 35-year-old research scientist from Accenture Labs, developed an idea: Why not try sifting through self-described supporters’ Facebook pages in search of friends who might be on the campaign’s list of the most persuadable voters? Then the campaign could ask the self-identified supporters to bring their undecided friends along. The technique, as they saw it, could also get supporters to urge friends to register to vote, to vote early or to volunteer and donate."
"The campaign didn’t go into much detail, at the time, about exactly how it used Facebook. But St. Clair put it in fairly stark terms when I talked to him at A.M.G.’s temporary offices in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in April. They started with a list that grew to a million people who had signed into the campaign Web site through Facebook. When people opted to do so, they were met with a prompt asking to grant the campaign permission to scan their Facebook friends lists, their photos and other personal information."
EU/UK privacy rights violations? For all their faults they seem to take this shit seriously.