The fundamental principle that Facebook can and will share data is not under any serious examination at the moment. Those utterances have never been private, but Facebook has allowed individuals to expand their reach beyond all geographical limitations. Politicians, who responded to tea shop rants and town square graffiti, began to respond to social media chatter using the same medium. Facebook, far from being the cocoon of privacy, was designed to be the ultimate town square for the democrats, and a paradise for the exhibitionist. Amazon, Google, Microsoft and numerous other companies hold data that Facebook cannot even dream of.

Source: The Hindu April 09, 2018 18:22 UTC