But it was not just business, but Facebook’s seemingly confrontational stance against privacy was also something that faced denunciation from employees. “People want ‘privacy. FB objecting here will be viewed with cynicism. Did we know this would be bad PR, & decide to publish anyway?” read another comment. To recall, Apple recently targeted Facebook over the controversy and mentioned that the social media giant only has to offer its users a choice.
“We’re not going to… be the only ones that should be allowed to track people without their consent any company can do that, even smaller startups and malicious actors.”
But not everyone believes the social media juggernaut’s motives are all that pure. The majority of Facebook’s advertising comes from smaller businesses and, without unfettered access to personal data, the company stands to lose a substantial amount of revenue should its advertising platform (which is built on its user’s data) become less effective.
Facebook probably has a point when it comes to small businesses potentially suffering from lost sales thanks to reduced personalised ads but its in-print advertisements complaining about it miss one glaring point. Those advertisers can also just… spend their advertising money somewhere else if people being informed how much money their data makes for Facebook becomes a problem.
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