I rarely get into FB related kerfuffles but as an ex-FB ads person I found this annoying as this is FB trying to do exactly what everyone has been urging them to do ever since CA in protecting user trust.
https://twitter.com/alexanderabdo/status/1319761452832534531
User consent is meaningless here as you can’t consent for your friends.
1. A browser plugin has access to all of your friends data who never consented to this.
2. Even if limited to ads ( a huge IF), ads also have embedded social data from friends which doesn’t belong to you
1. A browser plugin has access to all of your friends data who never consented to this.
2. Even if limited to ads ( a huge IF), ads also have embedded social data from friends which doesn’t belong to you
The broader theme which is frustrating: FB is doing the right thing here to protect their users both from a trust POV and from a legal POV ( allowing this probably violates their consent decree) - all the things people have been pushing them to do!
And for those who say NYU is a reputable university which should play a role, I’ll say Cambridge is just as reputable and see what happened there. 😏
Anyhow: this got me me to break my rule on not tweeting about FB press stories as I see this as something we should be applauding FB for, not criticizing.
Cc @benedictevans @alexstamos @StevenLevy @emilybell @boztank
Cc @benedictevans @alexstamos @StevenLevy @emilybell @boztank
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