Summary: Calls to abandon Facebook have swirled all week after news broke that data of about 50 million users was harvested by political analytics firm Cambridge Analytica. While Facebook doesn't directly sell the users data, they sell partial information to promote different products. Facebook claims that "The user data is supposed to ensure the ads users see are ones they would actually click on."
Analysis: I believe that Facebook needs to fix its policy on selling information to different marketing companies. My solution is a clear statement on what they do with the information you provide will allow people to decide what information they are willing to give up.
Questions:
1. What do you believe FB should do to solve this scandal?
2. Do you believe that selling your information to marketing firms is a big deal?
3. Do you believe that everyone should delete FB?
6 comments:
I think Facebook has a lot to think about right now as the crisis arose from news that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that had ties to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, poorly accessed data of numerous users. Facebook has nearly two billion users around the globe and this ad scandal reveals how that data is used. I think Facebook should adjust their policies on selling user data to companies and apologize of course. This definitely breaches the trust of facebook users so I think it's a pretty big deal. This also concerns me becayse the company surveilled people’s data. I personally don't have a facebook account so I don't really care who has it and who doesn't, but if there are privacy issues, it would make sense to delete it.
1. What do you believe FB should do to solve this scandal?
-Fb should improve protecting their data. it isa hard thing to do, but protecting data would simply allow the users to trust them more.
2. Do you believe that selling your information to marketing firms is a big deal?
-I believe it is not. FB should be able to use the data they have gathered in order to improve their standards and propose to new users n how good they can be or at least of how satisfied surrent users are
3. Do you believe that everyone should delete FB?
-I do not believe whether you should or not,it wont happen. FB is so huge that i do not see anything happening soon.
Okay, so I don't know if this is 100% accurate, but I know a guy at Facebook, and this is what he told me. The data leaks were not from the 2016 election. They were from back in 2006/2007. Basically, Facebook allows other apps to access the facebook data if you click "Allow". Whenever you connect your facebook account with a third party app, they give you the option of allowing the app to access your public profile, friend list, photos, etc. Most people don't actually look at the fine print and they usually just click allow. This was the issue. Back in 2006, Facebook did not have that many restrictions, and they were unaware of this company's data collection. I am guessing that this company eventually sold the data to Cambridge Analytica or something, which then affected the election. It is pretty hard to come back from incidents like this. I am sure that Facebook already has management teams and engineering teams that try to protect against information breeches, but it is difficult to control everything, especially with a platform as big as theirs.
1. I don't think they will do anything because they don't need to. They're making more money than they've ever been and within a week or two things will be back to normal. People will continue to use this social media or others that do the exact same thing. It's ironic how the calls for #DeleteFacebook are happening on Twitter, who likely also sells its users' private information.
2. To me, I don't really care. I wouldn't put information I don't want people to see online. If people are careless enough to do this and complain when that information is leaked, that is their own fault.
3. I believe that people should do what they want. Delete it if they want, don't delete it if they don't want to. It's up to them, and at the end of the day, that information is likely still on their database regardless of being "deleted"
I think the first step Facebook should do to recover from this scandal is to send out an apology by Mark Zuckerburg since he is the CEO. In my personal opinion I don't really care whether or not they are selling my information to other companies, however getting paid some percentage of what they're making off of me would be nice, no I'm not bothered by it at all. I don't have a Facebook, but I do know a bunch that do, and I don't think that they are deleting it because they have had it for so long. People have built communities, networks, and groups through Facebook, and to just throw it all away would be a waste.
I think that Facebook should come forward with an apology, because at this point there is nothing that can be done to undo what has happened. However I also believe that they should try and improve their system in order to avoid events like this in the future. I do not believe that selling info to marketing firms is a big deal because, as Vincent said, it was a choice to put your information online. And finally I don't believe that people should delete Facebook. If they were shocked by this scandal and they feel that they should not longer use the app, then they can delete it, but those who are indifferent on the situation will probably end up keeping it.
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