Facebook points finger at Google and Twitter for data collection

Re:Facebook points finger at Google and Twitter for data col... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:43PM (#16853554)

>That said, other tech companies have gotten off light. Whether it’s because Apple and Google aren’t CEO’d by their founders any more, or we’ve grown to see iOS and Android as such underlying platforms that they aren’t responsible for what third-party developers do, scrutiny has focused on Zuckerberg and Facebook.

Maybe Zuckerberg should do the same thing Larry Page did. Create a parent company for Facebook (maybe call it Library), of which Zuckerberg becomes the CEO. Then find someone else to be the CEO of Facebook. In addition, just like Alphabet and other "Bets", Library could have other "Books".

Then, instead of Zuckerberg CEO of Facebook, you have Zuckerberg CEO of Library.

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Re:Facebook points finger at Google and Twitter for data col... by nkozyra on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:58PM (#16853684)

I think this discounts the ways in which Facebook differs from Google and Apple as it relates to open, sprawling access to user data.

The alphabet conglomeration didn't obfuscate similar issues, nor would Zuckerberg following suit. Facebook's issues are related to unfettered access to a user and their graph(s) and sensitive information. More importantly that they knew of the risk and did little in response.

Obviously Google and Apple have their own privacy issues to account for, but it's fundamentally different.

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