Facebook Is A ‘Digital Gangster’
The authority of the UK Govt. told that the social network giant Facebook needs to significantly change its business model and its practices to maintain trust. According to the latest reports, the social network giant Facebook intentionally and deliberately violated the laws of data privacy and the Information Commissioner’s Office must conduct a detailed investigation of the practices of the social network giant Facebook, its use of user data and the use of “reciprocity” in the exchange of data. According to the latest reports and documents, committee members have concluded that “the social network giant Facebook wanted to bypass the privacy settings of its users to transfer data to some application developers, charge high advertising prices to some developers for the exchange of information. Also Read: Top 5 Best Browsers For Old, Slow PCs Members of parliament simply recommend that the Competition and Markets Authority investigate “whether the social network giant Facebook is abusing its dominant position in the social media market to decide which companies should be successful and which should not.” Representatives of the social network giant Facebook could have intentionally misinformed the British authorities about the extent of Moscow’s alleged interference in Brexit, according to a report from the Digital Technology, Culture, Media and Sports committee of the House of Commons. In February 2018, experts from the North American company the social network giant Facebook informed the committee that they had not found advertisements related to Russia that showed interference from Moscow in the referendum on Brexit. “We are left with the impression that Simon Milner and Mike Schroepfer deliberately deceived the Committee or they were intentionally not informed by the social network giant Facebook’s top executives about the extent of Russia’s interference in foreign elections,” says the reports. In this context, the members of British parliament simply ask the Government to “make a statement about the amount of research that is being carried out on the interference of Russia in the policy of the United Kingdom”. Also Read: How To Convert A Video Into A GIF Online “We also recommend that the Government initiate an independent investigation into the past elections, including the 2017 UK elections, the 2016 referendum and the Scotland referendum in 2014, to find out what really happened with respect to foreign influence, disinformation, financing, voter manipulation, and data exchange, so that the corresponding changes in legislation can be introduced and lessons learned for future elections and referendums,” the document points out. As Russia is regularly accused of meddling in the development of electoral campaigns in other countries such as the US, France or Germany. So, what do you think about this? Simply share all your views and thoughts in the comment section below.
