Ethics vs. Facebook

[svim]

Recently released independent audit on Facebook adds yet more proof there's a societal problem that's getting out of hand.
https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Civil-Rights-Audit-Final-Report.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/technology/facebook-civil-rights-audit.html
https://www.themarysue.com/facebook...or-civil-rights-and-democracy-as-you-thought/


Zuckerberg's undisclosed meeting with Trump (2018)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/201...ing-shady-about-secret-trump-meeting-facebook
Zuckerberg lies to U.S. Congress about Facebook's infamous Shadow Profiles
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/...dow-profiles-zuckerberg-congress-data-privacy
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/11/fact-checking-mark-zuckerberg-testimony-congress
..... and he just avoided the topic when questioned by the European Parliament
https://venturebeat.com/2018/05/22/...opean-parliament-on-facebook-shadow-profiles/

 

[Dannydet]

Between Facebook and Google, Amazon and the likes, we're one step closer to big brother watching on a global level. Scary.

 

[MoodyBlues]

The words 'ethics' and 'facebook' don't belong in the same sentence.

My feelings about facebook [being a cesspool of covert data sharing, privacy breaches, etc.] are well known...so I'll shut up now!

 

[Milo Willamson]

Thank you Svin, I bookmarked this url so I can go back and read the full thing a bit later on.

 

[mikedt]

Facebook has been banned in China for a long time, and I now hear that the US is planning to ban TikTok.