Al Franken blasts Facebook, election meddling in first speech since resignation

[still_one]

"In his first major public speech since resigning from the U.S. Senate, Al Franken returned to the spotlight to deliver a blistering rebuke of tech companies, specifically Facebook, over abuse of users privacy data while speaking at a cybersecurity conference in Lisbon, Portugal.
During his speech, Franken suggested Facebook was careless with users' information following the revelation that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica obtained data on as many as 87 million users.
"Facebook doesn't have to care about the privacy and security of their users' online information because there's no mass exodus when it violates those rules," said Franken. He said the tech giant took so long to address the issues and ultimately didn't do enough to prevent data harvesting "because they knew they could get away with it."
While Franken focused mostly on user privacy, he also touched on the current political climate and future of democracy.
"If we can't have a political discourse where we agree on basic, objective facts, then our democratic government will continue to be polarized and paralyzed," he said."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/al-franken-blasts-facebook-over-privacy-in-first-speech-since-resignation/

[spooky3]

1. I'm knr-ing because I'm glad to hear from Franken.

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[appalachiablue]

3. K & R Glad to know Al's back on the issues.

[SergeStorms]

8. Al never really left.

Al is the type of person who lives what his conscience dictates. There's never been a moment when Al didn't honestly care about social and political issues.

Should there be a day when Al considers getting back into the cesspool of politics (to hopefully clean it up) in our country, I'll be the first person standing behind him, wallet at the ready. He's good enough, he's smart enough, and doggone it people just like him!

[Cha]

4. A real caring, heartfelt human being..

he's out but not down.

Mahalo, still_one

[NBachers]

5. I cherish having Al Franken back.

[lunasun]

6. ++100% they knew they could get away with it . TY Sen. Franken

[joet67]

7. Senator Franken should run

for President, despite what has happened.

[Hortensis]

9. "Lies and Lying Liars in 2018: Privacy, Competition and

Russian Election Meddling" at the Privacy XChange conference in Lisbon. "Join us in Lisbon to learn from leading privacy and security experts."

Four months isn't much of a rest, but apparently at 66 Al doesn't think this is the time for retirement. No surprise.