#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, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:28AM (2 children)
Oh, Reilly? Are you not aware that you cannot "delete" Facebook accounts? You can "de-activate", but all the data you ever entered, all the friends you linked to, all the goddamned facial cum recognitions you have avered to, remain in place? And Steve Bannon is mining your ass, for Milo, and The Donald. Yeah, holier than thou, thou art. But in the end, just another plebe to be processed into Soylent Green.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:46AM
Hop boy, someone's been huffin the paste again. Your supposed to eat the paste and huff the glue/paint ya smarmy varmint
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday March 21 2018, @06:36PM
In Canada, you CAN delete your account (that is if you believe Facebook will follow privacy laws)
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