Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA

Re:Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA by intslack on Friday March 14, 2014 @05:27AM (#7397664)

>Do you have more info on Facebook "datamining IM conversations?"

Sure, the post I am echoing is in reference to Facebook "scanning" messages and relationships for criminal activity[1], as well as the suit filed at the end of last year[2] alleging that Facebook datamines messages for URLs to use as part of its ad targeting data. We'll have to wait and see if these allegations are true and whether it implicates the company's constant decree with the FTC[3], but Facebook has already confirmed that it does in fact scan private messages for "anti-spam" purposes[4], even blocking links to thepiratebay iirc.

[1] http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/12/us-usa-internet-pr...

[2] http://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/candce/5:2013cv0...

[3] http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2011/11/facebo...

[4] http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/08/facebook-scans-pr...

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA by declan on Friday March 14, 2014 @01:10PM (#7400234)

Thanks. I'd say that [2] is an unsupported, so far, allegation. But [1] and [4] do qualify as evidence of FB datamining: examining messsages for TOS violations, and scanning private chats to see what URLs are being shared.

Yet another reason to not use Facebook for chat or messages.

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