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It’s what they do. Yet everyone is making much ado about an “explosive” report The New York Times published yesterday under the headline: “Facebook Offered Users Privacy Wall, Then Let Tech Giants Around It.” Here’s the takeaway: ____________________ For years, Facebook gave some of the world’s largest technology companies more intrusive access to users’ personal… Read more.
I’ve already said all I care to say about the data breach that had Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the congressional hot seat this week. I refer you to such commentaries as “Facebook Complaining about NSA Spying? Ha!” March 15, 2014, and “Hey Stupid…Cambridge Analytica Used Facebook Users as Facebook Intended,” March 20, 2018, both… Read more.
Mark Zuckerberg finally found the courage this afternoon to address betrayed Facebook users. He posted a lengthy statement on his FB page, which I can fairly summarize in two sentences: I’ve been working to understand exactly what happened and how to make sure this doesn’t happen again. I know it takes longer to fix all… Read more.
And that’s the scandal. Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg faced calls on Monday from U.S. and European lawmakers to explain how a consultancy that worked on President Donald Trump’s election campaign gained improper access to data on 50 million Facebook users. … ‘The lid is being opened on the black box of Facebook’s data… Read more.
