Nothing significant will change at Facebook
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Nothing significant will change at Facebook

ByJosh Bernoff

In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg appear to be in trouble. Zuckerberg published an explanation, participated in an interview with The New York Times, and appeared on CNN. People are upset and some Facebook users are quitting Facebook. But nothing is going to change — Facebook will…

The lesson of Cambridge Analytica: Facebook shares your data by design.
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The lesson of Cambridge Analytica: Facebook shares your data by design.

ByJosh Bernoff

Cambridge Analytica, a company funded by Republican backer Robert Mercer, used data from 50 million Facebook users to model the electorate. But this isn’t a data breach. Facebook is a machine designed to encourage people to share their preferences, then exploit it for profit. Despite Facebook’s protests, this is a feature, not a bug. According…