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Scrutiny falls on Facebook following reports of data harvesting for Trump campaign

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Following The Guardian breaking this story over the weekend, concern has grown over how this happened and why nothing was done earlier to rectify the issue. #DeleteFacebook is trending with many users understandably angry over how their data was allegedly harvested and used to influence political elections.


What do you think should be done, firstly to rectify this issue and secondly to prevent things like this happening in future?
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    Looking at further developments on this topic, and the news reports coming out - including those of Facebook. Do you think the #DeleteFacebook is a fair campaign?


    I know Facebook has acknowledged that they could have done more to protect against data being used in such a way, however, referring back to their Terms and Conditions, as well as their Data Policy, as quoted beneath, is the fault still with users, or Facebook? Could Facebook have changed the way they allow their data to be used? Should users be so upset, considering they put the information on Facebook under those Terms and Conditions that 3rd Party organisations hold the responsibility?


    I know there is a big problem here, but I am failing to see why Facebook is being bashed so hard in this. All they do is provide a platform for people to give away all their life details, and leaves the privacy settings up to them. The terms could be changed - fine, however, users signed up "agreeing & accepting" those.


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    Looking at further developments on this topic, and the news reports coming out - including those of Facebook. Do you think the #DeleteFacebook is a fair campaign?


    I know Facebook has acknowledged that they could have done more to protect against data being used in such a way, however, referring back to their Terms and Conditions, as well as their Data Policy, as quoted beneath, is the fault still with users, or Facebook? Could Facebook have changed the way they allow their data to be used? Should users be so upset, considering they put the information on Facebook under those Terms and Conditions that 3rd Party organisations hold the responsibility?


    I know there is a big problem here, but I am failing to see why Facebook is being bashed so hard in this. All they do is provide a platform for people to give away all their life details, and leaves the privacy settings up to them. The terms could be changed - fine, however, users signed up "agreeing & accepting" those.


    Opinions?
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