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#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
(Score: 2) by Spamalope on Wednesday March 21 2018, @02:19AM (1 child)
Facebook is in trouble because they failed to stop Trump from getting the info and access they were supposed to reserve for Obama/DNC. A DNC that is looking for a scapegoat. I'm expecting an all out assault on the conduit to Trump, and changes to make it easier to restrict access to only one political side - possibly while claiming to restrict all access.
In other news - if you can't escape the vacuum cleaner, feed it disinformation. Why are people feeding FB the truth?
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday March 21 2018, @02:45AM
Creating disinformation is usually a lot of extra work. Not many people have a lot of interest in that, and a few malcontents doing so isn't going to change anything.