(ANTIMEDIA) — This week we were treated to a veritable carnival attraction as Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of one of the largest tech companies in the world, testified before Senate committees about privacy issues related to Facebook’s handling of user data. Besides highlighting the fact that most United States senators — and most people, for that matter — […]
This is a dance of confused ends and mistrustful glances, mixed with occasional moments of misplaced adoration. Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook fame has never been an empathetic sort and his testifying before the US Congress has done nothing to dispel that assessment. That stands to reason: the least sociable of types, the most awkward of individuals in engaging with beings, creates the most networked social creation on the planet. In doing so, he becomes the president and promoter of surveillance capitalism, its chief priest and sovereign.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before nearly half the Senate Tuesday may mark a historic turning point for Silicon Valley.
Members of both parties expressed substantive concerns about how high-tech’s surveillance economy preys on privacy and elevates propaganda—followed by wide skepticism that Facebook and the tech sector can be trusted to fix these problems without new federal regulations.
Day one of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before a joint Senate committee was a bore fest…and that was exactly what Zuckerberg wanted, and needed, so as to avoid any regulatory blowback from Congress over Facebook’s data harvesting practices.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has nothing to worry about from his upcoming “testimony” to a US House Committee, because those questioning the Facebook CEO have been bought and paid for by Facebook.
According to Roll Call, here are all the members of Congress who listed Facebook holdings in their 2016 financial disclosures, along with the minimum worth of their stocks and of any capital gains or dividends.
The Daily Mail UK is reporting that various sources have revealed that Facebook is secretly deleting CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s private messages over concerns that sensitive data may leak…
(CD) — Buried in Facebook’s announcement that Cambridge Analytica had improperly gathered data from up to 87 million users—rather than the previously reported 50 million—was the stunning admission that “malicious actors” exploited the social networking site’s search features to collection information from “most” of its 2 billion users. The detail was pointed out on Twitter by Wired journalist Matt Burgess, among others: Buried in […]
The backlash against high-tech’s privacy-invading business model is growing—but one hard-hit Silicon Valley institution, Facebook, announced a potentially far-reaching reform late on Wednesday.
In new revelations from social spy network Facebook, the personal data of 87 million users users was improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica.
Facebook also admitted that they “believe most people on Facebook” have had their data misused at some point.
“Most people” meaning roughly 2 billion users worldwide.
Revelations about Facebook’s basic business practices are getting more disturbing with every day. Fox News is reporting that the social spy network is actually recording and archiving your telephone conversations and text messages that you have outside of the social network.
That’s right, when your friend calls you on your mobile to invite you for a beer don’t be surprised if you see an ad for Heineken next time you visit your FB feed.
