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Posted by Yuwei Zhang. 20/09/2023


Facebook’s use of private data about American users: What are the legitimate uses of the data? How does Facebook use this data to gain support from its users?

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Facebook’s data empire

As a large online platform, Facebook has a large number of users involved, and these users leave behind user data from registration to browsing and publishing content, which is very broad and huge.

Information security on Facebook
With people increasing their attention to life on online platforms, some users have found that Facebook has started to abuse their personal data, even profiting from it. In order to maintain personal and information security, they have called for the restraint and management of Facebook. However, how to manage and protect one’s information security on Facebook is a topic worth discussing.

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Key words:

Information security, misuse of personal information, platform supervision, digital human rights…

Resources:

Facebook‘s user

Facebook – Statistics & Facts

Facebook Revenue and Usage Statistics (2023)