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posted by mrpg on Friday February 08 2019, @04:15PM   Printer-friendly
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Facebook Says It Needs to Collect All Your Data to Protect Against Terrorism and Child Abuse

[...] From Facebook's statement this morning (emphasis ours):

Facebook has always been about connecting you with people and information you're interested in. We tailor each person's Facebook experience so it's unique to you, and we use a variety of information to do this – including the information you include on your profile, news stories you like or share and what other services share with us about your use of their websites and apps. Using information across our services also helps us protect people's safety and security, including, for example, identifying abusive behavior and disabling accounts tied to terrorism, child exploitation and election interference across both Facebook and Instagram.

By the end of Facebook's statement the company leans heavily into the claim that everybody else is doing it, so why can't they—which may be the most terrifying point.

"Every day, people interact with companies that connect and use data in similar ways. And all of this should be–and is–a legitimate area of focus for regulators and policymakers around the world. Yet the Bundeskartellamt is trying to implement an unconventional standard for a single company," Facebook said.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 08 2019, @06:14PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 08 2019, @06:14PM (#798447)

    I like to believe that people don't care because they don't see it. The data gathering and analysis is invisible to people in their day to day lives. None of that interferes with buying something, posting messages on [insert app/website here], reading websites/articles, traveling around with our phones on, etc. It's all done behind the scenes in ways that are completely invisible to the public.

    I also like to believe that people WOULD care if it was NOT invisible and they saw what was happening as they did stuff. It's easy to brush off a "theory" that all this is happening. It's much harder to ignore it when it is visible and in your face all the time. And this is why it is invisible and the companies involved work so hard to keep it that way.