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Commentators highlight how commercial social media exploits user data
Original: RE: https:// mastodon.ie/@ciaranmak/1174386 98166365017 This is an example of how technology-capable people can help us
Social media users are drawing attention to claims that people with technical skills can demonstrate how commercially provided platforms capture and exploit their users. One widely shared commentary argues that user data is harvested and exploited as a matter of course, and that technically capable people can help the public understand the scale of this data capture. The discussion is part of ongoing debate about privacy and platform accountability.
Why now: Renewed concern about how commercial platforms harvest and exploit user data is prompting users to share technical demonstrations of the practice.
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- RE: https:// mastodon.ie/@ciaranmak/1174386 98166365017 This is an example of how technology-capable people can help us to understand that the capture of the users of commercially provided social media is a real thing. The data of the user is harvested and exploited. Here is… · johntinker@hear-me.social · 8
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