Seems like a scare story conflating metadata (which they collect) with data (which they do not). While certainly the serriptitous and opaque tracking of meta-da

Seems like a scare story conflating metadata (which they collect) with data (which they do not). While certainly the serriptitous and opaque tracking of meta-data is unwanted by many, the idea that they might, maybe, want to track 'actual data' is latent premise. That they don't, is the reality. But there is no neutralizing this fear, here. Because in fact, they can. So, in eseence the tL;DR = FUD. The Facebook rep I spoke with agreed that the company isn’t collecting the text of self-censored posts. But it’s certainly technologically possible, and it’s clear that Facebook is interested in the content of your self-censored posts. Das and Kramer’s article closes with the following: "we have arrived at a better understanding of how and where self-censorship manifests on social media; next, we will need to better understand what and why."