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Facebook To Share Private Data With Politico

Posted by Soulskill on from the sharing-is-caring dept.

tomhudson writes "AllThingsD is reporting that Facebook has agreed to share users' private data with Politico. Quoting: 'Most notably, the Facebook-Politico data set will include Facebook users' private status messages and comments. Every post and comment — both public and private — by a U.S. user that mentions a presidential candidate's name will be fed through a sentiment analysis tool.' Yes, they claim it will be anonymized, but we've seen that doesn't really work in real life."

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  1. Re:Google does the same by ThisIsSaei · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's cool to hate facebook + sensationalist headlines get more attention = this article.

  2. Re:Google does the same by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is completely different.

    Google is taking data that users are providing them, and doing statistical analysis on that data. There's no issue with this, because it's not leaving Google.

    Facebook is taking data that users are providing them, and sending it off to a third party to do statistical analysis on it. This is a terrible invasion of privacy, because Facebook users never intended for their private data to be shipped off to other companies.

    If you can't see the difference here than you're either dumb or an anti-Google shill.

  3. Re:"Facebook To Share Private Data" by Kenja · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you gave the data to Facebook, it was never private in the first place.

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  4. Re:Google does the same by Synerg1y · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Coincidentally, I bet most slashdotters can't provide a valid reason (no imagination, no tinfoil) for hating any of them. And I'm accomplishing nothing by stating so besides ruffling the herd :)

  5. Ron Paul will have a JFK moment. by Colin+Smith · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If he ever becomes president.

    Seriously, it won't be allowed.
     

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  6. Re:Google does the same by garaged · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well, you must be new around, I have seen WAY too much reasons to hate pretty much any existing company just in the last couple of months :D

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  7. Re:Its not private data by forkfail · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You do not buy rights. If you did, they'd be privileges.

    We all know that the user is the product on Facebook. However, there are limitations on how Facebook can sell its product, and those are determined by the EULA, terms of service and privacy policy documentation.

    I can't imagine a less correct statement concerning privacy in general and Facebook in particular than yours.

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