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Facebooks PR seems all over the place. It seems to go like this:

1) Blame users/say it wasn't as bad/not a breach

2) Controversy gets worse

3) Apologise, say we got it wrong, working on it

I think this is especially dumb as FB took out a personally-signed-by-Zuckerberg letter in 6 UK sunday papers last weekend. It looks very fake.

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You missed threatening to sue the newspapers and reporters before the first stories dropped with Wylie on the record blowing the whistle the previous Sunday.

> FB took out a personally-signed-by-Zuckerberg letter in 6 UK sunday papers last weekend

Were they identically worded?

Yes, but it wasn't signed by the CPO, the board, or anyone, they were all signed by Zuckerberg so I think it looks especially fake to take out those ads (which are especially targeted at the 'political class' IMO) and then refuse to come before MPs.

Source: https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180325071038-01-faceb...

That letter is pure narcissism. Blame someone else, promise to change, play the victim.

That makes it sound like people are upset about an isolated incident, trying to play this off as an isolated incident is going to blow up very badly as people "discover" just how much of their data is everywhere, whether they gave permission or not this isn't about a single breach.

Should we assume that people can only hold one thought in their head at a time?

(1) It was a breach of contract by an app developer.

(2) Facebook now has more limited permissions.

(3) Facebook is looking at more ways to limit the consequences when #1 happens.

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The bizarre thing is how differently the public treats this from Obama for America.

> The bizarre thing is how differently the public treats this from Obama for America.

I don't think it's at all surprised that the British public is more concerned with Brexit manipulation than the actions of a US election campaign.

For the UK, true.

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