Statement by FTC Regarding Reported Concerns about Facebook Privacy Practices

Post by dragonwriter » Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 6:18 PM UTC

debt wrote: post #143

fortythirteen wrote: post #88

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If I had a nickel for every time someone called me paranoid or a conspiracy theorist for mentioning this before last week, I'd have a ton of nickels. I should feel better now that people of aware of the nefariousness of this type of data collection, but I feel worse. The general public is being fed this as "Russia" and "Trump", and not getting the real, horrifying, surveillance state truth of what's going on. I'm les…

"I'm less worried that the Trump campaign used CA" But, and maybe someone can clarify, every single intelligence agency has come out and said that there was some interaction between Russia and Trump and, more specifically, between Facebook and Russia. And it's been proven Facebook is directly implicated in both the Trump campaign and Russian election meddling. We hold the ability to vote in free elections as pretty a…

Post by debt » Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 6:18 PM UTC

vkou wrote: post #145

debt wrote: post #143

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"I'm less worried that the Trump campaign used CA" But, and maybe someone can clarify, every single intelligence agency has come out and said that there was some interaction between Russia and Trump and, more specifically, between Facebook and Russia. And it's been proven Facebook is directly implicated in both the Trump campaign and Russian election meddling. We hold the ability to vote in free elections as pretty a…

How much interaction is there, during, prior, or after election time, between the political or intelligence arms of the USA, and the politicians of any country in which the USA chooses to meddle in? If we were so worried about the integrity of democracy, we wouldn't have our fingers in so many other ones. You've just described soft power.

Post by dragonwriter » Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 6:19 PM UTC

vkou wrote: post #145

debt wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"I'm less worried that the Trump campaign used CA" But, and maybe someone can clarify, every single intelligence agency has come out and said that there was some interaction between Russia and Trump and, more specifically, between Facebook and Russia. And it's been proven Facebook is directly implicated in both the Trump campaign and Russian election meddling. We hold the ability to vote in free elections as pretty a…

How much interaction is there, during, prior, or after election time, between the political or intelligence arms of the USA, and the politicians of any country in which the USA chooses to meddle in? If we were so worried about the integrity of democracy, we wouldn't have our fingers in so many other ones. You've just described soft power.

Post by rjsw » Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 6:20 PM UTC

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #97

lumberjack wrote: post #68

>Foremost among these tools is enforcement action against companies that fail to honor their privacy promises This is the crux of the issue. The problem is that when Facebook asks for "location information", the consequences of this are not being conveyed to the user. The user might think, "ah they want my location for the weather recommendations and event suggestions in my neighbourhood". They do not realise how som…

The consequences of using a store loyalty card are not known to the general public either. Yet all transactional information is sold off to third party data brokers and aggregated into profiles where they keep track of you in minute detail. It isn't exactly fair that Facebook is going to be punished while the rest of the industry hides behind its fine print.

Post by xienze » Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 6:22 PM UTC

bllguo wrote: post #148

fogzen wrote: post #119

How were any of you damaged by Facebook ads, exactly? Why the outrage now and not before, when Obama (and everyone else) used targeted advertising? This whole outrage over privacy is disingenuous. It’s painfully obvious the outrage is about Donald Trump being elected president, not personal information used to target ads.

"It's okay because you weren't personally affected" is so obviously wrong. It's so obviously against the spirit of the law and of society. I find it hard to imagine you're arguing in good faith. But how about this, then, since you're so intent on making this political? How about we fix this so that no future politicians can benefit from this kind of targeted advertising - both liberal and conservative?