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Facebook Has Officially Lost The Public's Trust
Stock Talk Journal ^ | 12-21-2018

Posted on 12/21/2018 5:44:40 AM PST by blam

Out of the major tech companies, people trust Facebook the least with their personal information. Amazon and Twitter come in a distant second and third, with 8 percent of people saying they trust these companies the least with their personal information.

As Statista’s Sarah Feldman shows below, five times more people place Facebook as the least trustworthy company to handle their personal information when compared to Amazon and Twitter.

Infographic: Facebook Loses the Public's Trust | Statista

Reports recently revealed that Facebook had hired a communications firm to do opposition research against George Soros to traffic anti-Semitic attacks against the progressive philanthropist after he made disparaging remarks against the company, and just this week, Facebook was accused of providing private user data to some of America’s, China’s, and Russia’s largest technology firms.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amazon; facebook; newmedia; socialmedia; trends; twitter
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To: Red Badger

I never did get a Facebook account... I saw the writing on the wall because I dug into the key players first. :)

But Let me do some more digging before steering anyone wrong with this. Especially their into policy agreements. I’ll help you if it looks good man. One good article can set it off. :)


41 posted on 12/21/2018 9:35:57 AM PST by Openurmind
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To: murron

Never been a subscriber to Fakebook, Twit, or any of the rest of that crap.
It’s none of the worlds business what I may be up to.


42 posted on 12/21/2018 10:41:01 AM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: catnipman

Of course that purge is BEFORE the numbers. Doesn’t matter how you slice it, FB is huge and growing.


43 posted on 12/21/2018 11:12:59 AM PST by discostu (Every gun makes its own tune.)
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To: Baynative
Well... technically Brian Kolfage wasn't banned from Facebook. A conspiracy page he was running was removed. His personal account is still active: https://www.facebook.com/Brian.Kolfage.jr/
44 posted on 12/21/2018 2:30:22 PM PST by Frapster (Let's not get distracted!)
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To: Frapster; Baynative

Actually - that’s a page that appears to be associated with him but may not be him. I’m in error on this and spoke too soon.


45 posted on 12/21/2018 2:33:31 PM PST by Frapster (Let's not get distracted!)
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