[ NNSquad ] Facebook has a population nearly as large as China or India's - and the natives are getting restless

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Facebook has a population nearly as large as China or India's - and
the natives are getting restless

http://j.mp/M2zdcf  (Foreign Policy)

   "Europe v. Facebook has a list of objectives: transparency in terms
    of what happens to personal data; a requirement that data can't be
    shared unless without explicit "opt-in" consent by the user;
    greater user control over what is shared and with whom; and
    minimization of the amount of data about users that Facebook keeps
    in storage for no clear reason. But Schrems and his allies --
    particularly numerous across the German-speaking Internet, where
    memories of surveillance under both the East German regime as well
    as the Nazis have made privacy concerns particularly acute -- do
    not plan to stop with enforcement of existing law. Ultimately,
    they believe, Facebook's excessive power over peoples' digital
    lives can only be broken by a Europe-wide law requiring open
    technical standards for social networking platforms."

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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org 
Founder:
 - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com 
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