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Month: March 2018

#Facebook testing new privacy features on Public post comments #DeleteFacebook

#Facebook testing new privacy features on Public post comments #DeleteFacebook

Comments or Likes made on Public posts are themselves “public”. Facebook is testing a feature to allow individual comments to be restricted to your own Friends, and not shared publicly. Facebook is also testing a feature whereby Friend requests will automatically expire after 14 days. Most of the friend requests I had received were odd or just spam – from people I do not know, in far off countries, having no common interests. Your best bet is to wean yourself…

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#Facebook links to non-existing page for its Chief Privacy Officer #DeleteFacebook

#Facebook links to non-existing page for its Chief Privacy Officer #DeleteFacebook

Facebook’s put out a press release on steps it is taking to change its privacy policy. The press release is co-written by VP and Chief Privacy Officer Erin Egan. The link in the press release for Erin Egan goes to a page not found! Does that mean she does not exist or she is suddenly caring about privacy? 🙂

3 models for saving social media? #Facebook #DeleteFacebook

3 models for saving social media? #Facebook #DeleteFacebook

Interesting ideas for fixing social media from the link, below. Run a social media platform as a collective, where users profit from the operation and have a vote in how it operates versus putting Zuckerberg in charge of everything, and profiting off of your content. Create a “social federation” of independent nodes that can exchange with each other or into an “umbrella network”, if desired. Basically, a decentralization of the sharing problem back to individuals. Make data and connections in…

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New FTC Commissioner nominee was suggested by Sen Schumer’s daughter, who works for #Facebook #DeleteFacebook

New FTC Commissioner nominee was suggested by Sen Schumer’s daughter, who works for #Facebook #DeleteFacebook

Zuckerberg owns the Democratic Party leadership: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.Schumer, whose daughter works as a product marketing manager at Facebook, recommended Slaughter in late January, and the nomination was reportedly held up over background checks. … just two weeks ago, Schumer said that tech companies were working to police themselves, that Facebook was a “a very positive force,” and that he was “sympathetic” to the company’s situation. The Cambridge Analytica scandal dropped a week later. Ugly. Source: The…

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