Source: No surprise: Facebook to build data center in Eagle Mountain | Deseret News The “most profitable social media company on the planet” will receive $150 million in tax breaks, just to start (with more after that – as in a total of $750 million dollars over 40 years because Facebook could not run their business without subsidies.) From Google Maps, NSA Utah Data Center, at upper right. Facebook data center will be located on the south side of Eagle Mountain, UT, outlined in red line, at the bottom of this map. The largest social media global surveillance company will operate its data center just down the road from the massive data center operated by the largest signals gathering intelligence operation in government.

Company gathered data from texts and photos of users and their friends, court case claims Source: Facebook accused of conducting mass surveillance through its apps | Technology | The Guardian There is much more on these allegations here saying that Facebook executives, up to Zuckerberg, intentionally set up schemes to grab as much user data – including from their unsuspecting friends – as possible. This included reading the texts sent by friends, and accessing photos on your phone that were never uploaded to Facebook. Which is a massive invasion of privacy. The lawsuit says Facebook intentionally leaked large quantities of personal data as an enticement to application developers, but once those apps became successful, FB then assessed large fees or required the purchase of FB ads. If the app developer did not or could not comply, FB destroyed the app developers’ businesses. More importantly, the allegations in the lawsuit indicate that Facebook was well aware of the abuse of user data…Read more …