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A California man is suing Facebook for allegedly scanning the content of private messages sent between users of the site.
The suit alleges that Facebook scans the messages in search of hyperlinks sent between users. "If there is a link to a web page contained in that message, Facebook treats it as a 'like' of the page, and increases the page's 'like,' counter by one," the suit contends. The site tracks when users "like" pages in order to compile individual profiles that allow third parties to send targeted advertisements.
Source: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/facebook-sued-for-scanning-private-user-messages/article/2591806
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(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Wednesday May 25 2016, @12:00AM
It's no different than our "free speech". You're free to yell "FIRE" in a crowded theater, but you're not free of the consequences of that speech, which would likely involve being thrown in jail.
You're free to criticize the government in North Korea, but you're not free of the consequences of that speech, which would likely involve being thrown in jail or worse.
If you get punished for your speech, you're not truly free to say whatever it is that you said, even if the excuse is that they're punishing you for the "consequences" of your speech. What you really mean is that the speaker is being punished for the actions that other people chose to take in response to the speech, which I find to be quite unjust.