This is an NPR article in 2021 that discusses how Facebook elected not to notify its users of a potential data breach. This data was found by misusing a feature on Facebook where you could search people by phone number. Facebook elected not to tell people about it claiming that they did not know who they would need to notify. The article ends by showing that Facebook has struggled with user privacy before, having to settle for $5 billion dollars for breaking an agreement to protect privacy in 2019.

One major incentive that social media companies have to protect privacy is that it makes their users feel more secure when using the technology, keeping a better user retention rate. This will also work as a reason that a user will select this social media. Another incentive is that better privacy protections make it less likely for a government to push regulations and sanctions against a social media company.

I think that there are tons of data that can be used for bad purposes. One example is health issues. This data can allow online companies to charge higher prices to people that need special accommodations since they know that these people are forced to get these products. Another thing that can happen from data mining is dynamic pricing. This is a more general effect that still causes harm. With dynamic pricing, companies are able to charge more to people based on how much they are willing/able to pay, making products more expensive for all people.

This article talks about how Facebook collects data for their ad preferences page. The author claims that they are very specific but quite inaccurate. The author explains this by describing the Facebook Pixel. The Pixel is a tracker on non-Facebook websites that sends information regarding view history to Facebook.

This article looks at posts made by comedian Jaboukie Young-White. First, it shows a post where he changed his Twitter account to look like an official FBI page and make a joke alleging that the FBI killed Martin Luther King Jr. The article then shows a similar style tweet that the comedian made. Finally, the article shows the FBI post that the Young-White based his post on.

I think that the best way to deal with trolling is to report and ignore the trolling. If nobody interacts with the troll, they are no longer incentivized to continue posting. Reporting can also help, but many of these platforms can benefit from trolling, so they may not do anything.

This article codes through all of Donal Trump's tweets at the time to compare the 628 tweets from iPhone and 762 tweets from Android to see if there is a clear difference between the two, as it is hypothesized that Trump only personally posts from an Android. This includes looking at the time posted, images included, and how other posts are retweeted. Next, the article finds that most of the emotionally charged words are exclusive to the Android and that the iPhone has nearly every hashtag and event announcement.

When I see posts that are not made by Trump himself, they feel completely inauthentic. However, I believe that him having this is much less harmful to the United States's image than what he posts as his authentic self. Since moving to Truth Social, Trump has posted problematic ai art that includes extremely racist imagery. After seeing the posts from Trump's authentic self, seeing authenticity from social media posts does not seem important.

This source talks about the Federal Trade Commission's complaint regarding Facebook and their anti-trust actions on their mobile platform. This occurred by Facebook illegally acquiring competitors instead of innovating their products. Another thing in the FTC complaint is that Facebook started as an open space for third party software developers and then abruptly made these developers agree to conditions that prevented any successful apps to emerge as a threat to Facebook. The article ends by saying that this case to file the complaint was presented in front of federal judges and won 3-2.

Some of the things people use social media for are: * Keeping up on other people's lives, whether friend or celebrity * Finding places to eat * General entertainment through videos and posts * Communication * Learning new information * Finding locations to visit

I personally believe that the person who made the post is the person who ran it. I don't think that the bot made the code but is closer to a tool that can be used like a shovel. I also think that the person who made the post is simply the person who created the tool to make the post.

Another thing to add about Taoism is the idea of Yin and Yang. This idea is that the world is composed of opposing forces that must exist in harmony. There is also a belief that the concept of good or bad does not exist.