OP-ED/THREAD: Why should anybody trust Facebook with their personal data? + Research of Note

[Ryan Goble]

Start with this

Why should anybody trust Facebook with their personal data? https://t.co/4OkjLbGr5N pic.twitter.com/UHFdFSEKCW

— Recode (@Recode) September 28, 2018

Check this classic Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments and then have your mind blown by this thread (very trusted citizen journalist over the last two years) about all FB's (and Twitter's) shady practices...

2/ I think it's safe to say Russia realized the power of social media & it's danger to Mobocracy. Thus, they decided to subvert it. In 2011, 2 big investments are made: in Facebook & Twitter. The money traces back via Yuri Milner TO THE KREMLIN.https://t.co/cyggO0h0Zu

— K. Louise Neufeld #TheHuntressDianaOfTercel (@ninaandtito) February 13, 2018

Also,

Myanmar’s Military Said to Be Behind Facebook Campaign That Fueled Genocide via @NYTimes https://t.co/gwfEDYvD6P

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) October 15, 2018