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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 Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @02:07AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @02:07AM (#655810)

    "They just can't be bothered to send me an e-mail message or download and install Telegram or Wire to communicate with me that way."

    You "lost" people who are apparently too lazy to communicate with you, so you lost very little, if you even lost anything. Frankly I'd say you GAINED time you otherwise might have wasted on these people.

    I realize the above may be a painful realization, but people who are worth a damn WILL take the time to email other people.

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  • (Score: 2) by black6host on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:30AM (2 children)

    by black6host (3827) on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:30AM (#655857) Journal

    Hell, I can't even get my son to talk to me on the phone. Short texts and that's it. I don't have a Facebook account so I don't know if that would have made a difference. Wasn't willing to take the risk.

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:39AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:39AM (#655867)

      Sounds like your son needs some lessons in being a gentleman. Unless he's between 13-24, then you just gotta deal with it. Seriously, at least 1x a month you should get a 15+ min conversation.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:51AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:51AM (#655883)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OqwKfgLaeA [youtube.com]

  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday March 21 2018, @08:07AM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Wednesday March 21 2018, @08:07AM (#655982) Homepage Journal

    My valedictorian cousin can code in Fortran but is incapable of sending or receiving email

    He's an instructor at an architecture school. That schools entire website is a whole bushel of pdfs: no HTML anywhere

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    Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]