This is a *good, longish read with great perspective on Facebook's longstanding, repeat pattern of bad behaviour followed by apologies.
This is a *good, longish read with great perspective on Facebook's longstanding, repeat pattern of bad behaviour followed by apologies.
I've said since finally joining FB in 2009 (after holding out for a couple of years):
Facebook don't deserve our trust. I'm still on it because others insist on using it, I recognise it is ubiquitous, people have accepted it.
In this most recent scandal (Cambridge Analytica) I don't think FB have done much wrong actually. I think they behaved as expected (at that time) & it we who are responsible for the bad outcomes, via:
- as FB users, adopting FB & embracing its awful business model (allowing it to pass on our data to third parties)
- as citizens, by not ensuring our laws/rules on political ads (funding, transparency) are updated to take account of digital platforms (all of them, not just FB) & are enforced.
Blaming Facebook is silly. You may as well blame a Great White Shark for biting you. It's what they do!
See also: A Short History of Facebook's Privacy Gaffes
https://wired.com/story/facebook-a-history-of-mark-zuckerberg-apologizing/
*In this otherwise strong article you have to ignore the misrepresentation of Android, likely just behind the times on Android's security & update approach (to overcome the failings of device manufacturers to push out OS updates speedily).
If interested see this (from a year ago):
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3176516/android/android-upgrade-problem-answer.html#1
https://pocket.co/xQmCxc
I've said since finally joining FB in 2009 (after holding out for a couple of years):
Facebook don't deserve our trust. I'm still on it because others insist on using it, I recognise it is ubiquitous, people have accepted it.
In this most recent scandal (Cambridge Analytica) I don't think FB have done much wrong actually. I think they behaved as expected (at that time) & it we who are responsible for the bad outcomes, via:
- as FB users, adopting FB & embracing its awful business model (allowing it to pass on our data to third parties)
- as citizens, by not ensuring our laws/rules on political ads (funding, transparency) are updated to take account of digital platforms (all of them, not just FB) & are enforced.
Blaming Facebook is silly. You may as well blame a Great White Shark for biting you. It's what they do!
See also: A Short History of Facebook's Privacy Gaffes
https://wired.com/story/facebook-a-history-of-mark-zuckerberg-apologizing/
*In this otherwise strong article you have to ignore the misrepresentation of Android, likely just behind the times on Android's security & update approach (to overcome the failings of device manufacturers to push out OS updates speedily).
If interested see this (from a year ago):
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3176516/android/android-upgrade-problem-answer.html#1
https://pocket.co/xQmCxc
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