Social Problems This oversteps a boundary’: teenagers perturbed by Facebook surveillance News that Facebook shared teens’ details with advertisers throws focus on firm’s ability to mine the data of its 2 billion users – and raises serious ethical questions Facebook told advertisers it can identify teens feeling ‘worthless’ Link
Social Problems Moral panic over fake news hides the real enemy – the digital giants Evgeny Morozov Claims that Russia is behind the political shocks of 2016 ignore the corrupting influence of digital capitalism Link
Uncategorized Facebook’s rule changes and profit chasing undermine its users Chris Arnade: As a photographer who works with forgotten people, Facebook used to be my ally. Now it wants me to pay up Facebook, Social Media, Social Problems Link
Uncategorized Facebook made my teenager into an ad. What parent would ever ‘like’ that? A generation of ‘opt-in’ kids is being exploited, and someone needs to supervise the social network Facebook, Social Media, Gender, Family, Social Problems Link
Uncategorized Facebook expands gender options: transgender activists hail ‘big advance’ • Users to be offered 50 ways to identify their gender • Trans woman Facebook engineer: ‘It means the world’ Facebook, Social Media, Gender, Family, Social Problems Link
