Facebook shared data with firms: NYT

I'm curious about what people think about this new NYT story. Is it a Category 5 hurricane for Facebook? After all, some of what is described sounds really scary, like allowing Netflix to read messages. And it may have violated the company's consent decree with the FTC Or is it a Category 1 hurricane (or maybe just a big storm) because there's no evidence in the story of any user actually being specifically harmed? Facebook was sloppy with data, and too broad in sharing it with partners. But how did that hurt us? Let me know what you think! The story is linked below, and here's FB's response: https://lnkd.in/dP5vieA

As someone who deleted his Facebook account nearly six years ago (on #privacy grounds), this revelation is cold comfort…the social network sold our personal data (even those specifically enumerated as "private" ― including, but not limited to ― private messages, pictures, friends, and posts) to the world’s largest technology companies, exposing many of these details to the Bing search engine along the way… #LegalizePrivacy Update: Facebook's data-sharing agreements extended to 150 different companies ― not merely the majors like Microsoft, Amazon, Spotify, Netflix, and Yahoo. Details are here: [https://bit.ly/2T4FzSj].

This isn't just about Facebook. Media needs to be re-regulated, with controls on the scale and scope of market control, outlet ownership, privacy policies, 3rd party transparency, the veracity of content, and manipulation controls. https://lnkd.in/dVa_gCq

Internal documents show that #Facebook gave Microsoft, Amazon, Spotify and others far greater access to people’s data than it has disclosed, while exempting some of these partners from its usual privacy practices. The New York Times with another shattering investigative report on the social network.

"As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants" by GABRIEL J.X. DANCE, MICHAEL LaFORGIA and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE via NYT Technology

"As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants" via #NYT #tech