Re:Facebook Doubles Down on Misusing Your Phone Number
by kuzehanka on Monday March 04, 2019 @09:18PM
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I don't think you understand the significance of the Facebook incident...
1: Facebook is implicated in knowingly accepting and failing to report funding from foreign agents. No news channel is implicated in such. Doing so would end that channel.
2: Facebook + Cambridge Analytica were in a unique position of power to apply ML as a propaganda tool capable of targeting individuals rather than segments. This unique position of power was allowed to exist due to lack of regulations on what data Facebook collects and how that data may be used.
1: Facebook is implicated in knowingly accepting and failing to report funding from foreign agents. No news channel is implicated in such. Doing so would end that channel.
2: Facebook + Cambridge Analytica were in a unique position of power to apply ML as a propaganda tool capable of targeting individuals rather than segments. This unique position of power was allowed to exist due to lack of regulations on what data Facebook collects and how that data may be used.