Please stop spreading the "Obama did it too!" canard, they didn't exceed authorization. So in this formulation you're making Facebook out to be some kind of su

Please stop spreading the "Obama did it too!" canard, they didn't exceed authorization. So in this formulation you're making Facebook out to be some kind of super-governmental authority on the proper or improper use of this potentially civilization shifting cache of data. This issue here isn't, oh noes! Trump broke Facebook's rules, bad Trump! This issue here is that this cache of data exists and we've seen it put to use in a variety of ways that elicit dismay from a variety of people. This issue here is that Facebook exists, has constructed this system, exploitative of human behaviour and psychology, and collected this data. Think back to the Chamath and Parker stories a few months ago. This is a much bigger issue than the doings of a single political campaign. Are we just going to leave it up to Zuck and Sheryl to work out how they can best profit from this system and data while hoping they don't destroy society in the process? What if Zuckerberg were to die in a plane crash tomorrow and an enfant terrible, a young Maxima Rex were to subsequently rise to the throne while holding political views polar opposite to both you and her father, would you be just as enthusiastic about her deciding what are and aren't "authorizable" uses of this data? #deletefacebook