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How is it specifically worded to not include the issue? I just see that sentence as an outright lie. I thought it was notable for its lack of "weasel words" and

How is it specifically worded to not include the issue? I just see that sentence as an outright lie. I thought it was notable for its lack of "weasel words" and disingenuousness that are the hallmarks of Mark Zuckerberg's speech. From the NYTimes article: >"But the BlackBerry app had access to all of the reporter’s Facebook friends and, for most of them, returned information such as user ID, birthday, work and education history and whether they were currently online." [1] Birthday, work and education history are all things that user's "share" on FB no? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/03/technology/facebook-device-partners-users-friends-data.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/03/technology/fa...

mercer 8y ago
Could Zuckerberg argue that this is not what he meant with 'piece of content that you share'? I imagine not, but just wondering.
- rosser 8y ago
  "It depends on what your definition of 'is' is." — Bill Clinton This is weasel language, used to avoid saying anything you can be held to having said, when that becomes inconvenient.
  - mercer 8y ago
    Well, yes. I was mostly wondering how this works from a legal perspective.
hmhrex 8y ago
But those are probably allowed to be publicly available by those users. Which is what Zuckerberg is saying in this statement. What he _isn't_ including in his statement is content created by FB about a person (used for marketing, etc.).
Eire_Banshee 8y ago
It specifically mentions information YOU post. Facebook collects metadata about you and your activities. That metadata is whats more dangerous... and conveniently unmentioned.
- bogomipz 8y ago
  Ah OK I missed the nuance - religious affiliation, birthday, education history etc. are just a form of account metadata in this bit of subterfuge. Jeez, of course. Thanks for the clarification.

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How is it specifically worded to not include the issue? I just see that sentence as an outright lie. I thought it was notable for its lack of "weasel words" and

by bogomipz 8y ago

mercer 8y ago
Could Zuckerberg argue that this is not what he meant with 'piece of content that you share'? I imagine not, but just wondering.
- rosser 8y ago
  "It depends on what your definition of 'is' is." — Bill Clinton This is weasel language, used to avoid saying anything you can be held to having said, when that becomes inconvenient.
  - mercer 8y ago
    Well, yes. I was mostly wondering how this works from a legal perspective.
hmhrex 8y ago
But those are probably allowed to be publicly available by those users. Which is what Zuckerberg is saying in this statement. What he _isn't_ including in his statement is content created by FB about a person (used for marketing, etc.).
Eire_Banshee 8y ago
It specifically mentions information YOU post. Facebook collects metadata about you and your activities. That metadata is whats more dangerous... and conveniently unmentioned.
- bogomipz 8y ago
  Ah OK I missed the nuance - religious affiliation, birthday, education history etc. are just a form of account metadata in this bit of subterfuge. Jeez, of course. Thanks for the clarification.