Re:Facebook shut down German research on Instagram algorithm
by weare138 on Saturday August 14, 2021 @12:18AM
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Funny that Facebook had no issue with Cambridge Analytica until Cambridge Analytica became an issue. Let's also ignore the fact that Cambridge Analytica was a private foreign company illicitly compiling data to influence US elections. But yes by all means, it's no different than a research group and volunteers studying an algorithm. You definitely nailed it.
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Re:Facebook shut down German research on Instagram algorithm
by ergocoder on Saturday August 14, 2021 @01:18AM
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They learned from the mistake and now doesn't want to make the same mistake. Sounds fair though.
How do you guarantee it is just a research group?
Didn't Cambridge analytics look innocent as well in the beginning?
Re:Facebook shut down German research on Instagram algorithm
by shapefrog on Saturday August 14, 2021 @03:24AM
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> Cambridge Analytica
Looks a bit like they selected a name hinting to a connection with a world class university.
Re:Facebook shut down German research on Instagram algorithm
by jimsimmons on Saturday August 14, 2021 @03:01AM
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FB’s response to imagine the worst and outright ban is awfully convenient. Do you really think FB is so on top of their user’s privacy otherwise?
Re:Facebook shut down German research on Instagram algorithm
by pptr on Saturday August 14, 2021 @05:03AM
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Security and privacy are all about imagining the worst. Anything that can be exploited will be exploited eventually.
Re:Facebook shut down German research on Instagram algorithm
by ergocoder on Saturday August 14, 2021 @01:35PM
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No, but that doesn't mean they have to allow random research group to crawl their data.
Again a mistake happened in the past. FB learns to not trust random research group upfront.