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#DeleteFacebook Trending in Response to Cambridge Analytica Accusations

posted by martyb on Wednesday March 21 2018, @01:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the And-nothing-of-value-was-lost dept.

takyon writes:

#DeleteFacebook trends in response to Cambridge Analytica

We all moved on from MySpace. We can move on from Facebook too." This was a typical message found on Twitter in the wake of accusations over Cambridge Analytica using personal data from 50 million Facebook users to influence the US presidential election in 2016. After reports of Cambridge Analytica using Facebook's user information came to light, people began to urge others to either #DeleteFacebook or #BoycottFacebook in response.

[...] A spokeswoman for Privacy International warned that privacy concerns extend beyond Facebook as "your data is being exploited all the time". A person on the technology subsection of Reddit agreed, saying removing Facebook "doesn't solve the long term problem [because] consent to data use is very weakly protected online right now". And one Twitter user seeking regulation of Facebook said having the ability to delete an account is "a privilege".

This is a campaign we can all get behind, regardless of your position on election interference and influences.

Previously: The Cambridge Analytica Files

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday March 21 2018, @01:34AM (3 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday March 21 2018, @01:34AM (#655786) Homepage Journal

    The main problem is you're just not going to get Grandma on Diaspora while the pictures of her grandbabies are all on FaceBook.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by NotSanguine on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:34AM

    by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:34AM (#655861) Homepage Journal

    If the adult children have the ability to run an installer with sane defaults and decent, understandable (for non-devs/admins) docs, that could change.

    Especially with Grandma, as she doesn't care about much of that online crap *except* photos of the grandbabies.

    She certainly wouldn't care (or even notice) if their child set the bookmark to go to a diaspora pod rather than facebook.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:34AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:34AM (#655862)

    Well get your damned siblings to switch, make it sound diiiire! Men, who am I kidding. After explaining things to a sibling who believes and agrees they still won't switch.

    Fucking convenience is a bitch!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:41AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:41AM (#655870)

      Goot dam ootokurrect
      Meh not men!