Facebook - The beginning of the end...

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Facebook accused of conducting mass surveillance
through its apps
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Company gathered data from texts and photos of users and their friends, court case claims

Facebook used its apps to gather information about users and their friends, including some who had not signed up to the social network, reading their text messages, tracking their locations and accessing photos on their phones, a court case in California alleges.

The claims of what would amount to mass surveillance are part of a lawsuit brought against the company by the former startup Six4Three, listed in legal documents filed at the superior court in San Mateo as part of a court case that has been ongoing for more than two years.

A Facebook spokesperson said that Six4Three’s “claims have no merit, and we will continue to defend ourselves vigorously”. Facebook did not directly respond to questions about surveillance.
Documents filed in the court last week draw upon extensive confidential emails and messages between Facebook senior executives, which are currently sealed.

Facebook has deployed a feature of California law, designed to protect freedom of speech, to argue that the case should be dismissed. Six4Three is opposing that motion.

The allegations about surveillance appear in a January filing, the fifth amended complaint made by Six4Three. It alleges that Facebook used a range of methods, some adapted to the different phones that users carried, to collect information it could use for commercial purposes.

“Facebook continued to explore and implement ways to track users’ location, to track and read their texts, to access and record their microphones on their phones, to track and monitor their usage of competitive apps on their phones, and to track and monitor their calls,” one court document says.

But all details about the mass surveillance scheme have been redacted on Facebook’s request in Six4Three’s most recent filings. Facebook claims these are confidential business matters. It has until next Tuesday to submit a claim to the court for the documents to remain sealed from public view.

https://www.theguardian.com/technol...conducting-mass-surveillance-through-its-apps​

 

[wayneL]

I just now got pinged for a post I made5 years ago, how about that boys and girls?

 

[moXJO]

I just now got pinged for a post I made5 years ago, how about that boys and girls?

Did someone make a complaint, or was it an algorithm?

 

[wayneL]

Did someone make a complaint, or was it an algorithm?

I don't know. It didn't say anything about a complaint, just that it didn't meet community standards.

In it I complained that I was about as interested in the colour of their underwear as the political views they keep posting.

That's about it.

 

[PZ99]

Sounds like you've exposed a bunch of poxy-morons that have become so tight arsed they can't even afford underwear

 

[Tisme]

I just now got pinged for a post I made5 years ago, how about that boys and girls?

Be happy it even got screen time.

This is why Twatter is so good....I can aggravate thousands of virtue signallers.

 

[wayneL]

Can facebooks agenda ever become clearer?

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/...-mocking-hamas/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Anti-Extremist Muslim Imam Tawhidi Banned From Facebook After Mocking Hamas

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Imam Tawhidi
ALLUM BOKHARI 4 Jun 2018

Facebook banned anti-extremist Australian Imam Mohammad Tawhidi after he sarcastically mocked Hamas in a post.


Breitbart News has reached out to Facebook for comment.

 

[Tisme]

Can facebooks agenda ever become clearer?

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/...-mocking-hamas/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Anti-Extremist Muslim Imam Tawhidi Banned From Facebook After Mocking Hamas

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Imam Tawhidi
ALLUM BOKHARI 4 Jun 2018

Facebook banned anti-extremist Australian Imam Mohammad Tawhidi after he sarcastically mocked Hamas in a post.


Breitbart News has reached out to Facebook for comment.

Farcebook doesn't have a choice...its freedom of expression bedrock has been destroyed by govt interference in Europe and USofA.

Meanwhile in Oz, because posts are deleted by meta robots, the govt's ability to track terrorists and fifth columnists via it's meta data spiders has been invalidated because of it.

 

[basilio]

Wow Beitbart is now a respected authority on news ? That is a surprise...

And who is this Iman Tawhidi, distinguished Islamic scholar who is so resolutely attacking extremist Islam? Maybe worth looking beyond the the obvious and digging deeper.

Imam Mohammad Tawhidi: The problem with the media's favourite Muslim
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-...blem-with-the-medias-favourite-muslim/8643726

 

[wayneL]

Smear smear. The only shock was that it wasn't the Gaurdian.... But yeah, the ABC, no surprises.

I would advise *you to dig deeper bas.

Additionally, the concurrent dearth of hit pieces on radical Imams preaching real hate is telling.

But, even if true, it's irrelevant to the point at hand in that facebook et al is trying to "ethnically cleanse" content that disagrees with its politics. It is not an open platform.

 

[wayneL]

...and yes bas, Breitbart is at least as respected and credible as anything you post up.

The fact that Tawhidis account has been closed is incontrovertible.

 

[SirRumpole]

Breitbart is at least as respected and credible as anything you post up.

Confirmation bias there I think wayne.

 

[wayneL]

Confirmation bias there I think wayne.

Oh please, Horace, lets not double down on dumb.

I absolutely concede that Breitbart has a conservative agenda and bias. But my point is that it is no more so than the Grauniad's and the ABC's left wing and and bias.

Are you, bas, et al, willing to concede that?

Here is where we may reveal the real confirmation bias.

 

[SirRumpole]

But my point is that it is no more so than the Grauniad's and the ABC's left wing and and bias.

The Guardian is Left Wing, the ABC less so but still Left of Centre but you can't expect every media outlet to sing your song, this being a democracy n'all.

 

[basilio]

Breitbart lies through it's xrse. It's presentation of news and current affairs runs from the right to the Alt Right to Extreme right.

It has an agenda of promoting Donald Trump and to that purpose it will not write anything that undermines his Presidency.

The Guardian is certainly a liberal site. But ironically it actually attempts to examine other conservative viewpoints.

And it does not lie.

https://www.snopes.com/tag/breitbart/ Check out the lies in detail

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/breitbart-fake-news-alex-marlow/

"It is useful to know that you can’t believe a thing Breitbart says, because it’s willing to publish fake news that serves its perceived interests. I mean, you knew this anyway, but now you’ve had it confirmed by the editor-in-chief."

https://www.mediamatters.org/resear...hoods-an-updated-guide-to-andrew-breit/168051
ttps://www.rollingstone.com/culture/pictures/10-most-despicable-stories-breitbart-published-under-bannon-w452226

 

[wayneL]

The Guardian is Left Wing, the ABC less so but still Left of Centre but you can't expect every media outlet to sing your song, this being a democracy n'all.

I'm a little left of centre, but I still value truth bro.

 

[wayneL]

Breitbart lies through it's xrse. It's presentation of news and current affairs runs from the right to the Alt Right to Extreme right.

It has an agenda of promoting Donald Trump and to that purpose it will not write anything that undermines his Presidency.

The Guardian is certainly a liberal site. But ironically it actually attempts to examine other conservative viewpoints.

And it does not lie.

https://www.snopes.com/tag/breitbart/ Check out the lies in detail

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/breitbart-fake-news-alex-marlow/

"It is useful to know that you can’t believe a thing Breitbart says, because it’s willing to publish fake news that serves its perceived interests. I mean, you knew this anyway, but now you’ve had it confirmed by the editor-in-chief."

https://www.mediamatters.org/resear...hoods-an-updated-guide-to-andrew-breit/168051
ttps://www.rollingstone.com/culture/pictures/10-most-despicable-stories-breitbart-published-under-bannon-w452226

So, it is your contention that the Grauniad and the ABC doesn't lie through it's ar5e?

 

[moXJO]

Tawhidi (right, or wrong) has been physically attacked, death threays and constantly slandered. I'm sure there is a Facebook page "Tawhidi exposed" or something.

Muslims ain't doing themselves any favors as they attempt to silence him in such a way.

 

[basilio]

So, it is your contention that the Grauniad and the ABC doesn't lie through it's ar5e?

I can, and did, quote chapter and verse numerous examples of deliberate lies and an extreme right wing agenda of Beibart that would do whatever was needed to promote its cause.
I thought the example and comments from the Americian Conservative was pretty telling. Anyone can find a hundred/a thousand more - but they would be wasted on you wouldn't they ?

Wayne you can smear the Guardian and the ABC all you like. But actual offering proof ? Good luck to you.

There are similarities between Breibart and The Guardian and the ABC. Both use words ; both have pixels on screens. But only one side actually tries to tell anything approaching the truth.

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/breitbart-fake-news-alex-marlow/

"It is useful to know that you can’t believe a thing Breitbart says, because it’s willing to publish fake news that serves its perceived interests. I mean, you knew this anyway, but now you’ve had it confirmed by the editor-in-chief."

 

[wayneL]

Like I said, telling.

But also still irrelevant to the point that Facebook is selective and draconian in who it bans. Going off on a tangent about Breibart doesn't change that.