I'm very interested in what will be in these documents. Twitter is hyped about them
Facebook's seized files published by MPs
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Re: Facebook's seized files published by MPs
#12Good for them, thank you! The sooner facebook is controlled and broken up into pieces, the better. They are a massive net negative on civilization. Do you work at Facebook? Shame on you.
I don't see anything shocking or surprising here, that said I'm glad I don't have shares in facebook
Here's one finding
> Facebook used Onavo to conduct global surveys of the usage of mobile apps by customers, > and apparently without their knowledge. They used this data to assess not just how many > people had downloaded apps, but how often they used them. This knowledge helped them to > decide which companies to acquire, and which to treat as a threat
Here's Onavo's wikipedia page last edited in October
> Facebook has leveraged Onavo's analytics platform to monitor the performance of its competitors, > target companies for acquisition, and make other business decisions.
> Media outlets classify Onavo as spyware.
Re: Facebook's seized files published by MPs
#13Here is a direct link to the files themselves: https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/cultu...
Nice thanks!
Re: Facebook's seized files published by MPs
#14> Facebook used data provided by the Israeli analytics firm Onavo to determine which other mobile apps were being downloaded and used by the public. It then used this knowledge to decide which apps to acquire or otherwise treat as a threat > there was evidence that Facebook's refusal to share data with some apps caused them to fail Stuff like this should trigger the EU Commissioner for Competition to withdraw the aut…
How do you force a split when one part (Whatsapp) may not have enough revenue to sustain itself?
Re: Facebook's seized files published by MPs
#15Good for them, thank you! The sooner facebook is controlled and broken up into pieces, the better. They are a massive net negative on civilization. Do you work at Facebook? Shame on you.
> Do you work at Facebook? Shame on you. Everyone needs to work somewhere, you know, and not everyone has much of a choice about where. No shame in putting food on the table for your family.
This attitude is very problematic. If you're putting food on the table by actively harming society, there is something wrong with that.
Re: Facebook's seized files published by MPs
#16The documents[0] contain market research done by Onavo[1]. This data may have been bought from them, and if so it was probably bought under a non-disclose agreement, as is typical for those arrangements (the reasoning being that Onavo can't sell the data more than once if it is released publicly). This could pose a problem for Facebook if Onavo decides that another release like this is likely to happen again. I'd be…
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Re: Facebook's seized files published by MPs
#17I'm very interested in what will be in these documents. Twitter is hyped about them
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Re: Facebook's seized files published by MPs
#18Good for them, thank you! The sooner facebook is controlled and broken up into pieces, the better. They are a massive net negative on civilization. Do you work at Facebook? Shame on you.
> Do you work at Facebook? Shame on you. Everyone needs to work somewhere, you know, and not everyone has much of a choice about where. No shame in putting food on the table for your family.
I totally get this POV.
But honestly, if you work at FB, you definitely have options. So no, this POV does not really apply to people at FB.
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#19> Facebook used data provided by the Israeli analytics firm Onavo to determine which other mobile apps were being downloaded and used by the public. It then used this knowledge to decide which apps to acquire or otherwise treat as a threat > there was evidence that Facebook's refusal to share data with some apps caused them to fail Stuff like this should trigger the EU Commissioner for Competition to withdraw the aut…
How do you force a split when one part (Whatsapp) may not have enough revenue to sustain itself?
Let it fail?
Re: Facebook's seized files published by MPs
#20> Facebook used data provided by the Israeli analytics firm Onavo to determine which other mobile apps were being downloaded and used by the public. It then used this knowledge to decide which apps to acquire or otherwise treat as a threat > there was evidence that Facebook's refusal to share data with some apps caused them to fail Stuff like this should trigger the EU Commissioner for Competition to withdraw the aut…
How do you force a split when one part (Whatsapp) may not have enough revenue to sustain itself?
You split and one part dies. If the commission involved put up rules on the merger and FB broke the rules, this is what happens.