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About 10% of these docs have already been made public by @DCMS, but the latest leaks provide a far fuller picture of how advanced plans were & the way that the selective trading of user data was used to control competition and consolidate Facebook’s power https://t.co/NUb6kKt46e
— Olivia Solon (@oliviasolon) April 16, 2019
NBC has obtained thousands of pages of leaked internal documents show that Facebook wasn’t just spitballing about selling access to user data - the plans had buy-in among Zuck, Sandberg and were pitched to the board of directors https://t.co/NUb6kKt46e
— Olivia Solon (@oliviasolon) April 16, 2019
"Thousands of leaked Facebook documents show Mark Zuckerberg as ‘master of leverage’ in plan to trade user data" it's good to be the king or at least friend of the king. Time for another blog post Zuck? https://t.co/isBULVqm7D
— Michael Gartenberg (@Gartenberg) April 16, 2019
A common piece of advice I give at work is to send email with the assumption that one day all of your internal communication will be front page news. If you can't communicate internally with integrity then eventually some lawsuit will reveal your duplicity https://t.co/AfmYw9pBog
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) April 16, 2019
This exchange shows how PR messaging about privacy was used as a cover for anti-competitive behavior: https://t.co/NUb6kKt46e pic.twitter.com/GeqgPVXiWG
— Olivia Solon (@oliviasolon) April 16, 2019
On the one hand nothing about Facebook’s ruthless competitiveness surprises me—you don’t get to 2 billion users without it. On the other hand to realize that my own data, and yours as well, was used as a bargaining chip is jarring. https://t.co/pLikeXUxgd pic.twitter.com/nRrePrtMH6
— Christopher Mims ? (@mims) April 16, 2019
Worth another rt: The documents stem from a California court case between Facebook and the little-known startup Six4Three. https://t.co/7MHPT7ZQDS
— Jazmine Ulloa (@jazmineulloa) April 16, 2019
What really struck me going through these documents was how much some Facebook folks felt that this was a violation of ethics, that they were doing the wrong thing by choking off data and making it into something that the company could monetize. It was that utopian internet era.
— Jason Abbruzzese (@JasonAbbruzzese) April 16, 2019
This is an incredible story. Read it! https://t.co/1VEjqy3PXD
— Annalee Newitz (@Annaleen) April 16, 2019
they really made the movie too soon huh https://t.co/kZtKdT8HAh
— Anna Swartz (@Anna_Snackz) April 16, 2019
These stories make the FTC look absolutely pathetic. What does Facebook have to do for the government to act? This is *flagrant* anti-competitive behavior. https://t.co/562cJzxMpc
— Zach Carter (@zachdcarter) April 16, 2019
About 24 hours after we went to Facebook for comment, Facebook's lawyers wrote a misleading -- dare I say "cherry-picked" -- note to the judge in its case against @realsix4three to argue that the plaintiffs should be deposed immediately https://t.co/pWeCELOZ4m
— Olivia Solon (@oliviasolon) April 16, 2019
Also it will never not be amusing that these documents stem from a lawsuit regarding an app that helps find pics of your friends in bikinis. Haha, this is the bad place. https://t.co/uzt9yCIUId pic.twitter.com/SivgwyeiRU
— Steve Mullis (@stevemullis) April 16, 2019
“...Facebook gave Amazon extended access to user data because it was spending money on Facebook advertising and partnering with the social network on the launch of its Fire smartphone...” https://t.co/IHIxGyeOfH
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) April 16, 2019
4,000 documents from Facebook paint a stark picture: the company leveraged user data to kill competition, then used privacy as an excuse.https://t.co/ixzSaBSyrp
— Jason Abbruzzese (@JasonAbbruzzese) April 16, 2019
Important story from @oliviasolon & @NBCNews. Was #CambridgeAnalytica data leak accident? Or design? https://t.co/jcul457cZ8 via @nbcnews
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) April 16, 2019
Since Cambridge Analytica, Facebook has tried to position the platform changes made in 2015 as being driven by privacy concerns, but we find very little discussion of privacy in these documents - except as a PR strategy https://t.co/NUb6kKt46e
— Olivia Solon (@oliviasolon) April 16, 2019
"Lies and the lying liars who tell them" part 65 https://t.co/5pHIexB0jI
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) April 16, 2019
7,000 pages of Facebook files were provided to me 2months ago as British parliament called Facebook "Digital Gangsters" https://t.co/CdhlF6j04E @ComputerWeekly has exclusive report today https://t.co/Car3aMkliy how new files are being reported - and Facebook's fightback tactics
— Duncan Campbell (@dcampbell_iptv) April 16, 2019
The emails have come to light as a result of a peculiar lawsuit against Facebook. @Hadas_Gold and I reported on the crazy tale on how some of the emails made their way to @DamianCollins and the UK parliament. https://t.co/qcjc3Ehd2k
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) April 16, 2019
Mark Zuckerberg reportedly mulled making 100 deals just to work out the dollar value of user data https://t.co/rueQGMdHI4
— Evan Kirstel at #Ideas2Inspire #Singapore (@evankirstel) April 16, 2019
Isn't a press report that Facebook once considered selling user data to third parties a concession that it doesn't actually sell user data? ?https://t.co/Axd67mP6ey
— James Wang (@jwangARK) April 16, 2019
Facebook says it never sells your data (over and over again) but these internal documents reported on by NBC's @cfarivar & @oliviasolon show *exactly* how much your data means to them, in real dollars. Here comes regulation, and this is why, I predict. https://t.co/N2T4bESNSa pic.twitter.com/oyjtmhsHZ6
— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) April 16, 2019
Some 4,000 pages of leaked internal Facebook documents from 2011 to 2015 show how shady they are about sharing and selling your personal user data. Facebook gives greater access to companies it considers friendly and aligned with its profit interests.https://t.co/N2T4bESNSa
— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) April 16, 2019
Facebook says it never sells your data but these internal documents show exactly how much they value your data in dollars https://t.co/N6MkKBkQjs pic.twitter.com/SANTv0Tth0
— Masque of the Red Death (@doctorow) April 16, 2019
In attempt to stop leaks, Facebook has requested an unusual legal procedure that "allows seizure and examination of lawyers’ and clients’ private correspondence, which is usually considered to be privileged." (!) via @oliviasolon https://t.co/Zy4sREgo60
— Christopher Mims ? (@mims) April 16, 2019
Getting to the point where the only rational thing to do is delete Facebook, delete WhatsApp, delete Instagram, and deplatform Zuckerberg.
— Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) April 16, 2019
I haven’t been able to give up Insta yet, so I feel the pain, but this is too much power in the wrong hands.https://t.co/pvCBLdSFXp
NBC has obtained thousands of pages of leaked internal documents show that Facebook wasn’t just spitballing about selling access to user data - the plans had buy-in among Zuck, Sandberg and were pitched to the board of directors https://t.co/NUb6kKt46e
— Olivia Solon (@oliviasolon) April 16, 2019
This is great reporting from @oliviasolon and @cfarivar on FB's evolution away from the platform model, but I'm concerned by the implication that dodgy startups like Six4Three are entitled to FB users' personal data. https://t.co/PFXpqXazTc
— Justin Brookman (@JustinBrookman) April 16, 2019
Thousands of leaked Facebook documents show Mark Zuckerberg as ‘master of leverage’ in plan to trade user data https://t.co/szTOGqX2Gy via @nbcnews
— Damian Collins (@DamianCollins) April 16, 2019
LEAKED: @Facebook's plans to SELL OUR DATA were: 1) discussed for years & 2) received support from its most senior executives -- including CEO Mark Zuckerberg.#BigTech #BigData #DataProtection #GDPR #privacy #DeleteFacebook https://t.co/en3GX5SnjN
— Alice Stollmeyer (@StollmeyerEU) April 16, 2019
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg oversaw plans to consolidate the social network’s power and control competitors by treating its users’ data as a bargaining chip, while publicly proclaiming to be protecting that data, according to leaked documents.https://t.co/VXXpYU64J0
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) April 16, 2019
Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show https://t.co/rSUmGbxsK1 pic.twitter.com/zeMApT9ZeL
— Graham Cluley (@gcluley) April 16, 2019
A common piece of advice I give at work is to send email with the assumption that one day all of your internal communication will be front page news. If you can't communicate internally with integrity then eventually some lawsuit will reveal your duplicity https://t.co/AfmYw9pBog
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) April 16, 2019
Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show. https://t.co/5nrf46L4DY
— ❀ ???????? ❀ (@DemocracyJourno) April 16, 2019
One of the recurring themes of this moment in history is watching people tell bold-faced lies before having their internal communications leaked. America is struggling with being entirely unable to hold liars accountable. https://t.co/O33SZzl89L
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) April 16, 2019
Astounding abuse of personal data: "Thousands of leaked Facebook documents show Mark Zuckerberg as ‘master of leverage’ in plan to trade user data" https://t.co/G8Kyut9LFY
— Kathleen Craig Call your reps (202) 224-3121 (@Kathleen_Craig) April 16, 2019
While FB has always maintained it never sold your data & that the service is free, these docs show - over and over again - explicit monetary value ascribed to user data. This could, as @jason_kint says, help regulators build an antitrust complaint https://t.co/NUb6kKbsHE
— Olivia Solon (@oliviasolon) April 16, 2019
Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show https://t.co/jIdJxGXvtf
— ?????? ReleaseTheMuellerReport (@Ginger624) April 16, 2019
Important story from @oliviasolon & @NBCNews. Was #CambridgeAnalytica data leak accident? Or design? https://t.co/jcul457cZ8 via @nbcnews
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) April 16, 2019
Leaked documents show how Zuckerberg, along with his board and management team, found ways to tap Facebook’s trove of user data — including information about friends, relationships and photos — as leverage over companies it partnered with #digitalthieves https://t.co/HdJnznR4o8
— Ellen Timmer (@Ellen_Timmer) April 16, 2019
NBC News has obtained thousands of internal Facebook emails. Most of the interesting emails here had already leaked and were reported on, but it is still an interesting insight into the company. Worth a read. https://t.co/kkV0REdV5C
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) April 16, 2019
So much for privacy: “Mark Zuckerberg oversaw plans to consolidate the social network’s power and control competitors by treating its users’ data as a bargaining chip, while publicly proclaiming to be protecting that data.” Nice reporting by @NBCNews https://t.co/FH3yMPt7ao
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) April 16, 2019
This exchange shows how PR messaging about privacy was used as a cover for anti-competitive behavior: https://t.co/NUb6kKt46e pic.twitter.com/GeqgPVXiWG
— Olivia Solon (@oliviasolon) April 16, 2019
wE DOn’t SeLl yoUR DAtA.? “Facebook ultimately decided not to sell the data directly but rather to dole it out to app developers who were considered personal ‘friends’ of Zuckerberg...” https://t.co/jWqt465Zrd
— One Ring (doorbell) to surveil them all... (@hypervisible) April 16, 2019
4,000 documents from Facebook paint a stark picture: the company leveraged user data to kill competition, then used privacy as an excuse.https://t.co/ixzSaBSyrp
— Jason Abbruzzese (@JasonAbbruzzese) April 16, 2019
Not all employees were happy about it. Some employees described Facebook's behavior with third-parties as “unethical” while others described the company as being like "Casterly Rock" (the home of the most evil #GOT family) https://t.co/NUb6kKt46e
— Olivia Solon (@oliviasolon) April 16, 2019
I suggest you all to read this before having another "private" chat on Facebook messenger. https://t.co/XFhPCwzkHh
— Mat Velloso (@matvelloso) April 16, 2019
‘It’s Sort Of Unethical’: Zuckerberg Reportedly Weaponized Facebook To Help Pals And Punish Enemies https://t.co/XDPQ7tw6KO via @dailycaller
— Christopher D. White (@ZanderKelly30) April 16, 2019
‘It’s Sort Of Unethical’: Zuckerberg Reportedly Weaponized Facebook To Help Pals And Punish Enemies https://t.co/2C3xIZfGW5 pic.twitter.com/NLufRAB0BF
— TIGER IS BACK! (@HouseCracka) April 16, 2019
Thousands of leaked Facebook documents show Mark Zuckerberg as ‘master of leverage’ in plan to trade user data https://t.co/8wZeJehvvG via @nbcnews
— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) April 16, 2019
This is still more appalling behavior from an appalling human running an appallingly powerful company. https://t.co/Fnyfq6Hpn3
— Elizabeth C. McLaughlin (@ECMcLaughlin) April 16, 2019
These stories make the FTC look absolutely pathetic. What does Facebook have to do for the government to act? This is *flagrant* anti-competitive behavior. https://t.co/562cJzxMpc
— Zach Carter (@zachdcarter) April 16, 2019
Since Cambridge Analytica, Facebook has tried to position the platform changes made in 2015 as being driven by privacy concerns, but we find very little discussion of privacy in these documents - except as a PR strategy https://t.co/NUb6kKt46e
— Olivia Solon (@oliviasolon) April 16, 2019
About 10% of these docs have already been made public by @DCMS, but the latest leaks provide a far fuller picture of how advanced plans were & the way that the selective trading of user data was used to control competition and consolidate Facebook’s power https://t.co/NUb6kKt46e
— Olivia Solon (@oliviasolon) April 16, 2019
"For example, FB gave Amazon extended access to user data because it was spending money on FB advertising. In another case, FB discussed cutting off access to user data for a messaging app that had grown too popular and was viewed as a competitor." https://t.co/idxS7yajV1
— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) April 16, 2019
Facebook의 Zuckerberg는 데이터의 값을 결정하기 위해 개발자와의 거래를 심사숙고했어 https://t.co/NH3gK13SuN
— editoy (@editoy) April 17, 2019
#deletefacebook#torvalds calls it a "disease" -- an understatement as some of what they do is a crime. https://t.co/Z57EMYFByv
— Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) April 17, 2019
I really think it's time for me to plan my exit from Facebook without just knocking down a load-bearing pillar of my social/family lives. Anyone manage a kit of good replacements? I'm just not ready to go totally old school with all these relationships. https://t.co/sKGWLZn1Qd
— john (@H4N4W4LT) April 16, 2019
Thousands of leaked Facebook documents show Mark Zuckerberg as ‘master of leverage’ in plan to trade user data https://t.co/cWYiUQyDau via @nbcnews
— Bez(os): Follow Back Pro European/EU #FBPE (@Bez78829056) April 17, 2019
Reminder: You are the product that Facebook sells . . . https://t.co/R4d8pQVVeM
— Barry Ritholtz (@ritholtz) April 17, 2019
The most depressing part of this story is that when I talk to people outside of the tech community about Facebook's egregious privacy violations, the response I most-often get is:
— Rev. Robert R. Ballecer, SJ (@padresj) April 17, 2019
"I don't care.
It doesn't affect me.
That data doesn't mean anything."https://t.co/99yfYLilq0
Thousands of leaked Facebook documents show Mark Zuckerberg as ‘master of leverage’ in plan to trade user data. All the while, Facebook was formulating a strategy to publicly frame these moves as a way of protecting user privacy https://t.co/3xTOGYGA8z
— Robert Went (@went1955) April 17, 2019
Seems bad.
— Lincoln's Bible (@LincolnsBible) April 16, 2019
Maybe these two are a bit nefarious, & Zuck got a wee bit compromised, when he took a bunch of Russian mafia money to rescue his burn rate way back when?
Or maybe he has been since Larry Summers and Peter Thiel?
Worth looking at.https://t.co/Vwkx9isRii via @NBCNews
Finally getting to reading this. Fuck — and I can't stress this enough — Facebook https://t.co/FOwb0kYCKA
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) April 17, 2019
Facebook claimed it was protecting privacy. Leaked documents paint another picture. https://t.co/gV9MHO0NnM
— Franz Russo (@franzrusso) April 17, 2019
Facebook claimed its 2014 changes were about user privacy https://t.co/GM78yoeVKh
— FutureShift (@futureshift) April 16, 2019