Polarization in the U.S. didn’t rise gradually. A new machine-learning study shows it surged after 2008- but why?

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    Cambridge Analytics became a household name in 2016 for getting Trump elected. It was a company whose business model didn’t really exist in 2008 when Facebook was still young. Even in 2012, people were still connecting with friends on Facebook, not following influencers, there wasn’t enough content on the internet to manipulate.