Facebooks Small Print Might Be Next Big Antitrust Target

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Source: Bloomberg

Facebook Inc.’s small print may be the next big thing in European antitrust as watchdogs home in on how the world’s biggest social network collects information from users that helps generate vast advertising revenues.

Germany’s Federal Cartel Office is examining whether Facebook essentially takes advantage of its popularity to bully users into agreeing to terms and conditions they might not understand. The details that users provide help generate the targeted ads that make the company so rich.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-03/facebook-s-small-print-might-be-antitrust-s-next-big-target

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If you are a Facebook user, do you feel bullied and extorted?

[Mosby]

1. I feel pressured to "turn on the FB platform"

An increasing number of sites only let people who have FB accounts to comment, and when you turn on the platform and location data your privacy is gone.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. Ditto!

[FakeNoose]

3. That's the main reason why I never joined FB

Also I'm fed up with all the spam they send me, even though I'm not a member.
It would be 10 times worse if I actually joined Facebook.