Mark Zuckerberg: The Internet needs new rules. Let’s start in these four areas

Re:Mark Zuckerberg: The Internet needs new rules. Let’s star... by bunderbunder on Saturday March 30, 2019 @09:38PM (#19533153)

> Do note: Facebook doesn't sell data directly

There are probably plenty of ways you could word statements along these lines that make them technically correct. I've got a two-word response to all of them: Cambridge Analytica.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg: The Internet needs new rules. Let’s star... by pushtheenvelope on Saturday March 30, 2019 @09:45PM (#19533200)

What does Cambridge Analytica prove about FB the company?

An academic from Cambridge made an app on the FB platform. That gave him access to data which he then sold for commercial purposes. When FB found out, they sent a legal notice to delete this data and cease using it.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg: The Internet needs new rules. Let’s star... by Nasrudith on Sunday March 31, 2019 @05:31AM (#19534662)

Cambridge Analytica is ironically totally not a refutation - it was never bought or stolen but abused their shoddy permissions. Against security illiterate users they could get the same thing with just 'login through this for a chance to win a free iPad'.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg: The Internet needs new rules. Let’s star... by jonathanhd on Sunday March 31, 2019 @06:46AM (#19534863)

Selling something poorly and for free is still selling it.

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