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And the bad news for Facebook just keeps on coming!
Facebook is used to promote tobacco despite policies against it, study finds
CBS News, Apr 5 2018 5:02 PM
New research finds tobacco products are being marketed and sold through unpaid content on Facebook despite policies from the social media company restricting or prohibiting the promotion of these items. In many of these instances, there is no safeguard in place to prevent access to minors.
"Facebook has a portfolio of policies with the laudable intent of keeping tobacco promotion and sales out of the Facebook platform," said lead study author Robert Jackler, MD, principal investigator of Stanford Research Into The Impact Of Tobacco Advertising. "These policies are voluntary and they're a sign of Facebook's commitment to social responsibility. Unfortunately, these policies are inconsistently enforced and a large volume of tobacco promotion exists on Facebook."
Facebook bars paid tobacco advertisements and images of tobacco and related products, as well as links to sites where such items can be purchased. However, the new research finds many tobacco companies are getting around these restrictions through unpaid posts, mainly on their brand-sponsored Facebook pages.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/faceboo...n-sales-study/
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Sandberg says advertisers are "asking the same questions that other people are asking. They want to make sure they can use data and use it safely." Hey, Sheryl, did you ever think we might not want advertisers using our data?
'A few' advertisers have stepped back from Facebook, COO Sheryl Sandberg says
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...405-story.html
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As I said above, the bad news for Facebook just keeps on coming -- and this latest scandal is really alarming. See, in 1996 Congress passed a little act known as HIPAA.......
Report: Facebook asked hospitals for patient info to match with its user data
http://www.slashgear.com/report-face...data-05526295/
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The "new policy" is intended to prevent election meddling by Russian trolls. The policy should have been instituted in 2004 when Facebook was founded.
Facebook's new policy: Advertisers pushing political issues must verify their identities and location
http://www.latimes.com/business/tech...406-story.html
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I could write a song about Facebook: "What a diff'rence the scandals make." Facebook closed at 193.09 February 1. Today it is 157.20.
Facebook suspends another data analytics firm
CBS News, Apr 7 2018 12:41 AM
Canadian analytics firm AggregateIQ, which worked for the victorious Vote Leave campaign in the Brexit vote, has been suspended from Facebook, the company said Friday. AggregateIQ has been linked to the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, the data firm that has been accused of improperly accessing data from 87 million Facebook users. Facebook said in a statement to CBS News that in light of reports that AggregateIQ may have received improperly received data, the firm has been suspended pending an investigation.
AggregateIQ worked with four different campaigns associated with the campaign to leave the European Union in the June 2016 Brexit referendum: Vote Leave, BeLeave, Veterans For Britain and the DUP. The firm also worked for President Trump's newly appointed national security adviser John Bolton and GOP Senators Thom Tillis and Ted Cruz.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/aggrega...dge-analytica/
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Several social media sites contain ads for opioids. Yes, Facebook and Instagram have been contributing to the so-called "opioid crisis" but no longer. Is Facebook suddenly making positive changes solely in an effort to offset all the recent bad publicity? Or am I just being overly cynical?
Facebook shuts down drug hashtags on Instagram
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook...am-2018-04-07/
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Cubeyou was doing "non-profit academic research." That's a euphemism for "Stealing your data and making money doing so.....because it's non-profit for our victims, not for us. "
Facebook suspends data firm Cubeyou in wake of privacy scandal
http://www.msn.com/en-us/finance/tec...dal/ar-AAvDuVI
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Trump, Putin, Kim, Assad, Russian trolls, hush money, Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, the NRA, the White House turmoil.....this ongoing drama is more suspenseful and entertaining than anything on television!
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower says both Congress and Robert Mueller have asked to talk with him about the Facebook scandal and Donald Trump
http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-ex...j-probe-2018-4
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The number of people leaving Facebook is getting to be as large as the number of people leaving the White House.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak leaves Facebook over data collection concerns
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techno...D=ansmsnnews11
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We see what happens when a social media giant values profits more than privacy. This is from CBS News:
Former Facebook manager Sandy Parakilas warned about potential privacy risks in 2012
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sandy-p...risks-in-2012/
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"I come from the land down under.......and I'm a fraud." Here is the latest Facebook scandal:
Facebook's biggest Black Lives Matter page was a scam run by a middle-aged white man in Australia
Some of the donations solicited for BLM causes in the US were directed to Australian bank accounts.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8297836.html
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I nominate the following for today's "Least Surprising Headline" award:
CBS News poll: Americans are skeptical Facebook can protect user data
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/america...cbs-news-poll/
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congressmen, "We do not allow hate groups on Facebook. If there's a group that their primary purpose, or a large part of what they do, is spreading hate, we will ban them." Umm, Mark? You're just now removing Facebook pages that obviously had not been banned. Doy!
Pages associated with white nationalist Richard Spencer removed from Facebook
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/richard...pages-removed/
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Does Mark Zuckerberg really need security personnel and security systems? Does Mark Zuckerberg really need to fly on private planes? I say "no." I wonder what Facebook stockholders think.
Facebook has spent $20 million on Mark Zuckerberg's security, private plane travel since 2015
http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/14/tech...ity/index.html
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More bad news for Facebook: scammers are stealing members' pictures, creating fake accounts, befriending Facebook users, and then -- Surprise, surprise! -- asking them for money.
A growing problem for Facebook users: Identity scams
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-growin...dentity-scams/
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More bad news for Facebook: scammers are stealing members' pictures, creating fake accounts, befriending Facebook users, and then -- surprise, surprise! -- asking them for money.
A growing problem for Facebook users: Identity scams
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-growin...dentity-scams/
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More bad news fror Facebook. This involves their "myPersonality" app:
Huge new Facebook data leak exposed intimate details of 3 million users
https://www.newscientist.com/article...s-of-3m-users/
And, as Ricky Ricardo would say, Facebook's CEO has some splainin' to do:
Mark Zuckerberg to meet European Parliament members over Facebookâs data use
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/t...analytica.html
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The 28 member countries of the European Union impose tighter controls and stricter regulations on US tech companies than the US does. Zuckerberg says he's sorry for Facebook's data leaks, hate speech, fake news, fake accounts and Russian election meddling. Of course he would say he's sorry.....but the Europeans ain't buying it!
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg begins European leg of apology tour
http://www.latimes.com/business/tech...522-story.html
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Today in Europe, the General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect. It imposes huge fines on companies that retain users' data without the users' consent. We need such a regulation in the United States.
Facebook announces latest plan to protect user data just ahead of sweeping EU privacy law
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook...rivacy-issues/
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Yeah, this idea is really brilliant. What could go wrong? Here is a much better idea: Facebook users can quit taking naked photos. Doy!
Facebook: Send us your naked photos to stop revenge porn
CBS News, May 24 2018 11:28 PM
Facebook is expanding its fight against revenge porn with a pilot program that asks users to send their naked photos so Facebook can block the photos before someone else shares them. Facebook's been testing the system in Australia and is extending the trial to the US, Britain and Canada.
Antigone Davis, Facebook's Global Head of Safety, says the company is updating its pilot program targeting the non-consensual sharing of images on the platform. Rather than users having to report an image after it's already been shared around Facebook, Facebook will let users upload an image before it's been seen by others. Davis says the photos will be seen by only "a very small group of about five specially trained reviewers." They'll give the photo a unique digital fingerprint, something called hashing. That code will then be stored on a database. If anyone else tries to upload the same photo, the code will be recognized and it will be blocked before it appears on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger. The original photos will not be stored.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/faceboo...-pilot-progam/