As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress this week, voters had good reason to pay attention. Americans are online a lot: Seventy-three percent of us use social media, 45 of us went online more than 25 times last week, 43 percent of us did some form of online banking […] Read more »
Facebook Users’ Privacy Concerns Up Since 2011
As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress about his company’s efforts to protect user privacy, U.S. Facebook users are increasingly concerned about invasion of privacy when using the social media site. Currently, 43% of Facebook users are very concerned about their privacy being invaded, up from 30% in a […] Read more »
Most Americans Feel They’ve Lost Control Of Their Online Data
On Monday, Facebook began notifying the up to 87 million users whose information may have been compromised and given to Cambridge Analytica. … But how much do Americans care about the privacy of their information — and how do they distinguish which information they’re comfortable sharing? Lee Rainie, director of […] Read more »
Does Facebook Know You Better Than Yourself?
What makes you tick, who you know, where you go, even where you might end up. The information you share in your profile is a mere snippet of what Facebook and its partners really know about you. Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The Times, explains. Ainara Tiefenthäler, Robin Stein […] Read more »
Concerns About Online Privacy Are Top of Mind Across America
As data breaches roil the tech landscape and moves to boycott Facebook, Apple, and Google increase, Americans across the country see the lack of privacy online significantly impacting them and those they know. It appears to be a great common denominator in the country’s cultural experience today, unlike many other […] Read more »
‘You Are the Product’: Targeted by Cambridge Analytica on Facebook
Christopher Deason stumbled upon the psychological questionnaire on June 9, 2014. He was taking a lot of online surveys back then, each one earning him a few dollars to help pay the bills. Nothing about this one, which he saw on an online job platform, struck him as “creepy or […] Read more »