[UPDATE: This originally posted on March 21 2018. As of today (April 10) Zuckerberg is due to testify at a Congressional hearing. Expect the usual evasions.]
Oh, poor Facebook
The typical reader of this blog probably expected this time would come, but just in case there’s any doubt, the raid on tens of millions of Facebook users’ data by an unscrupulous political propaganda operation (Cambridge Analytica [C.A.]) is merely a sign of the inevitable.
C. Analaytica’s hack used an “it’s only research” loophole to access a huge trove of personal data completely unsuspected by its targets.
Facebook’s official response to date (March 21, 5:22 pm EDT) has been they are “working around the clock to get all the facts and take appropriate action. . . . The entire company is outraged we were deceived.” See FB responds to #deletefacebook
It is so Zuckerbergian to respond to a giant abuse of his customers with no apology – yet anyway – but rather indignantly to declare their outrage at what was done to them. Not acknowledging their role as enablers . Kind of reminds me of how Donald Trump feels misused whenever something goes wrong that is largely his fault.
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