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The problem is that Facebook apparently violated its privacy policies, and shared data it wasn't supposed to.
originally posted by: Fermy
Drop facebook, why do people insist on exposing their lives in such minute detail anyway, should we really give a # what others did that day? It's all ego driven.
Don't feed the enemy.
I have CNBC on right now and Facebook Fallout is all they're talking about.
My opinion may be a bit extreme, but considering 1) the awesome quantity of data that Facebook has accumulated and 2) the extent to which they are apparently incapable of protecting user's data, I for one would suggest its past time to consider the need to nationalize Facebook.
Actually, I was going to do an OP to that effect to see how ATS membership thinks about that, but I guess that ship has sailed.
originally posted by: Thecakeisalie
a reply to: vinifalou
the company has already lost 35 billion dollars
Facebook allowed the Obama campaign to access the personal data of users during the 2012 campaign because they supported the Democratic candidate according to a high ranking staffer.
Carol Davidsen, who worked as the media director at Obama for America and has spoken about this in the past, explained on Twitter that she and her team were able to ingest massive amounts of information from the social network after getting permission from Facebook users to access their list of friends.
'Facebook was surprised we were able to suck out the whole social graph, but they didn't stop us once they realized that was what we were doing,' wrote Davidsen.
you have to cast a side-look at the Labour party who exploited social media expertly in the recent UK election
Cambridge Analytica has suspended its chief executive amid claims the firm harvested personal data from up to 50 million Facebook users.
It comes after secret recordings captured Alexander Nix boasting about the company’s pivotal role in securing Donald Trump‘s election victory.
In the recordings, captured by a Channel 4 journalist, Mr Nix claims his firm ran “all” the elements of the Trump campaign.
He says: ”We did all the research, all the data, all the analytics, all the targeting, we ran all the digital campaign, the television campaign and our data informed all the strategy.”
originally posted by: alldaylong
Have the Labour Party done anything illegal when it comes to using social media, or are you just trying to political point score.
originally posted by: TonyS
a reply to: LesMisanthrope
I have CNBC on right now and Facebook Fallout is all they're talking about.
My opinion may be a bit extreme, but considering 1) the awesome quantity of data that Facebook has accumulated and 2) the extent to which they are apparently incapable of protecting user's data, I for one would suggest its past time to consider the need to nationalize Facebook.
Actually, I was going to do an OP to that effect to see how ATS membership thinks about that, but I guess that ship has sailed.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
I think the UK government is mostly upset that they don't have a monopoly on big data. I suspect the US government will become upset by it as well...but we will likely just hack it or render it moot rather than haul them in front of congress.