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I think it's simply that it's obvious to people that Facebook has a lot of data about them. Most of the general public does not think about things like search h

I think it's simply that it's obvious to people that Facebook has a lot of data about them. Most of the general public does not think about things like search history, ad targeting, click tracking, etc. Of course Facebook does those things too, but most people appear to be outraged that things they shared with Facebook ended up being more public than they expected, and were shared with an organization that might have helped elect Trump. Most people probably still don't realize the click tracking and stuff like that is going on.

ummonk 8y ago
It's not even "most people" that are outraged with Facebook though. It's the media. The same media which is financially threatened by the democratization of news and information (fake or otherwise) through social networks, and by recent moves that FB made to deprioritize news feeds in favor of social content.
- notacoward 8y ago
  Exactly. Whatever legitimate issues do or do not exist, media coverage reflects media owners' and workers' unique perspective.