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Facebook charged with misleading users on health data visibility

Posted by patience_limited
Tags: facebook, privacy, security, social media, dark patterns, usa, healthcare, law, regulation, data.mining, author.nathan eddy
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/facebook-charged-misleading-users-health-data-visibility

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Published
Feb 18 2019
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  1. patience_limited
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    I encourage all to read the report linked in the article. The pattern of predation on health-related user groups is completely intentional, not "oops, we never got back around to fixing that." Not...

    I encourage all to read the report linked in the article. The pattern of predation on health-related user groups is completely intentional, not "oops, we never got back around to fixing that."

    Not only did Facebook violate a 2012 U.S. Federal consent decree, if the relevant fines were enforced, the number of breached records could subject Facebook to $80 billion dollars in liabilities.

    Enough, already.

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