Apparently there is a long trail of the role of the "big tech" in world affairs. Watch this (fairly old Oct 2017) video:
US Tech Giants Oddly Unhelpful On Russia | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Elizabeth Dwoskin, Silicon Valley correspondent for the Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about the slow pace of discovery of Russian ad buying and other online manipulations as U.S. tech giants like Twitter, Facebook, and Google have seemed reluctant to give up information.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?foo=bar&v=gGLLL_Wqa4M
Re: Corrections to the Moodle landscape as a result of the Facebook's breaches
by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
Number of replies: 4
In reply to Visvanath Ratnaweera
A new wave of revealations and aplologies
by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
In case you were in a different bubble, here are some links:
- https://tech.slashdot.org/story/18/11/19/067213/facebook-now-faces-a-massive-backlash-but-will-anything-change
"is a normal sleazy company now," !
- Facebook appeals against Cambridge Analytica fine
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46292818
- https://tech.slashdot.org/story/18/11/21/1817219/14-years-of-mark-zuckerberg-saying-sorry-not-sorry
- https://tech.slashdot.org/story/18/11/19/067213/facebook-now-faces-a-massive-backlash-but-will-anything-change
"is a normal sleazy company now," !
- Facebook appeals against Cambridge Analytica fine
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46292818
- https://tech.slashdot.org/story/18/11/21/1817219/14-years-of-mark-zuckerberg-saying-sorry-not-sorry
- Facebook documents seized by MPs investigating privacy breach
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46334810 25 Nov 2018
Also on \. https://news.slashdot.org/story/18/11/25/2255253/uk-parliament-seizes-cache-of-facebook-internal-papers 25 Nov 2018 The Guardian
- MPs' fury over Mark Zuckerberg 'no-show'
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46357359 today 27 Nov 2018
I know, these thing are not directly Moodle-related. But they remind me the euphory we had on moodle.org forums. Going there voluntarily is one thing, sending minors, sometimes young kids, is irresponsible.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46334810 25 Nov 2018
Also on \. https://news.slashdot.org/story/18/11/25/2255253/uk-parliament-seizes-cache-of-facebook-internal-papers 25 Nov 2018 The Guardian
- MPs' fury over Mark Zuckerberg 'no-show'
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46357359 today 27 Nov 2018
I know, these thing are not directly Moodle-related. But they remind me the euphory we had on moodle.org forums. Going there voluntarily is one thing, sending minors, sometimes young kids, is irresponsible.
Yes, it is the climax: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/18/12/19/049257/facebook-gave-more-than-150-companies-including-microsoft-netflix-spotify-amazon-and-yahoo-unprecedented-access-to-users-personal-data-nyt
That wasn't the only one. The mountain of bad news is simply too much to count. In case your echo chamber was quiet in this channel, just search your favourite news site for 'facebook'. Here's a sample: https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=facebook.
That wasn't the only one. The mountain of bad news is simply too much to count. In case your echo chamber was quiet in this channel, just search your favourite news site for 'facebook'. Here's a sample: https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=facebook.
In reply to Visvanath Ratnaweera
Re: A new wave of revealations and aplologies
by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
I know, I am the only person who posts once a while the negative Facebook makes. This time I wouldn't have done it, if an astronomical amount of money was not mentioned:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/19/10/22/2230254/facebook-to-face-35-billion-class-action-lawsuit-over-misuse-of-facial-recognition-data
For 35 Billion Dollar they must have committed or earned like a platoon of sultans.
And why US is not too keen on breaking Facebook:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/09/26/2054216/internet-sector-contributes-21-trillion-to-us-economy-industry-group-says
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/19/10/22/2230254/facebook-to-face-35-billion-class-action-lawsuit-over-misuse-of-facial-recognition-data
For 35 Billion Dollar they must have committed or earned like a platoon of sultans.
And why US is not too keen on breaking Facebook:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/09/26/2054216/internet-sector-contributes-21-trillion-to-us-economy-industry-group-says