Facebook sued for ‘losing control’ of users’ data

Re:Facebook sued for ‘losing control’ of users’ data by Alex3917 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @11:32AM (#26079418)

Before the Cambridge Analytica thing, everyone was saying that Facebook was evil because they were a walled garden. So they created an API, and now everyone is saying they're evil because they created an API. Go figure.

There's even a Gaping Void cartoon memorializing the sentiment: http://vhirsch.com/blog/2011/10/06/walled-gardens/

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Re:Facebook sued for ‘losing control’ of users’ data by shuntress on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @12:22PM (#26080123)

The API is criticized because (in addition to enabling malicious actions) it does nothing to increase the wall's permeability to users.

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Re:Facebook sued for ‘losing control’ of users’ data by Alex3917 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @12:45PM (#26080403)

> The API is criticized because (in addition to enabling malicious actions) it does nothing to increase the wall's permeability to users.

Now, sure. Less so in 2010 or whenever.

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Re:Facebook sued for ‘losing control’ of users’ data by coding123 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @01:14PM (#26080730)

Maybe they are just evil...?

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