34 thousand people left Facebook yesterday
As a result of yesterday’s protest, more than 34 thousand people deleted their Facebook accounts, according to the counter on Quitfacebookday.com .
The campaign was held simultaneously with the World No Smoking Day, because “Facebook dependency” is considered by many to be a bad habit for many reasons , the main one being the incorrect handling of private data, including the censorship of personal messages between users and the commercial exploitation of private profiles . Now Facebook has already begun to share data from closed profiles with its partners, such as Microsoft, Pandora and Yelp, and users do not have the ability to control or prevent this, except to delete the account.
To date, already 14 organizations for the protection of privacy and consumer rights have filed an application with the FTC accusing Facebook of unfair competition. The organizers of the campaign believe that the commercial essence of Facebook threatens the entire ecosystem of the Web, and calls for the creation of an open alternative.
The campaign was held simultaneously with the World No Smoking Day, because “Facebook dependency” is considered by many to be a bad habit for many reasons , the main one being the incorrect handling of private data, including the censorship of personal messages between users and the commercial exploitation of private profiles . Now Facebook has already begun to share data from closed profiles with its partners, such as Microsoft, Pandora and Yelp, and users do not have the ability to control or prevent this, except to delete the account.
To date, already 14 organizations for the protection of privacy and consumer rights have filed an application with the FTC accusing Facebook of unfair competition. The organizers of the campaign believe that the commercial essence of Facebook threatens the entire ecosystem of the Web, and calls for the creation of an open alternative.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/95146/
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