LIZ: WE ARE JUST GETTING THIS
BREAKING NEWS IN ON THE FACEBOOK
DATA LEAK FIASCOMENT REPORTS SAY
FACEBOOK KNEW.
THE FINANCIAL TIMES REPORTING
THAT FACEBOOK WAS IN FACT
INFORMED THAT THE APP AT THE
CENTER OF THE MASSIVE DATA LEAK
OF 50 MILLION USER'S INFORMATION
COULD SELL USER DATA TO THIRD
PARTIES INCLUDING, THIS
CAMBRIDGE POLITICAL OUTFIT.
THE TECH GIANT WAS APPARENTLY
SENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE
SURVEY APP WHICH PULLED USER
DATA THAT WAS THEN LEAKED TO
CAMBRIDGE AND WHO KNOWS WHO ELSE
THE STOCK IS ACTUALLY SPEAKING,
IT'S NOT DOING POORLY AT ALL
IT'S UP ABOUT FOUR TO 5% RIGHT
NOW BUT THE LAWSUITS KEEP
POURING IN FOR THE EMBATTLED
TECH TITAN.
DO THEY HOLD ANY MERIT, WHAT'S
THE QUICK FIX TO THE PROBLEM AND
WHAT ABOUT THIS NEW BREAKING
NEWS THAT FACEBOOK APPARENTLY
WAS AWARE.
JOINING US NOW AN ATTORNEY WHO
SPECIALIZES SPECIFICALLY IN
CREATING EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO
LITIGATE OVER, RYAN LONG WELCOME
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FIRST TO THE BREAKING NEWS HERE
TELL ME WHAT YOUR GUT REACTION
IS THE FINANCIAL TIMES REPORTING
FACEBOOK WAS AWARE AND KNEW THE
WHOLE TIME.
>> MY GUT REACTION IS THAT I
THINK THEY KNEW AS WELL.
I DON'T THINK THEY WERE IGNORANT
OF THIS AND IN 2012 THE DAVID:
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ESTABLISHED
AN INTERNET IN CONTRADICTION OF
ME THAT FACEBOOK KNEW THIS WAS
GOING ON.
LIZ: OKAY BUT DOES IT SURPRISE
YOU THAT FACEBOOK IS SAYING THIS
IS A HORRIFIC SITUATION?
I BELIEVE THAT FIRST APOLOGY
FROM MARK ZUCKERBERG TOOK NO
BLAME WHATSOEVER AND I'M NOT
SAYING THEY CAME RIGHT NOT AND
SAID OH, WE KNEW NOTHING BUT
KIND OF HAVEN'T REALLY CLARIFIED
WHAT THEY DID KNOW.
>> WELL THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK THE ISSUE IS WHETHER OR
NOT IT'S A LEAK IN CONTRADICTION
TO THE RULES WHICH IS A POSITION
THEY SEEM TO TAKE THAT IS SOME
BASICALLY THIS IS HOW THEY DO
BUSINESS AND NOW THEY ARE TRYING
TO ACT LIKE THEY DON'T DO
BUSINESS THIS WAY SO IT'S REALLY
AN ISSUE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH
FACEBOOK.
LIZ: WELL TELL YOU WHAT YOU DO
AND HOW YOU ATTEMPT TO FORCE
THESE ORGANIZATIONS OR AT LEAST
MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF WHAT THE
POTENTIAL IS FOR USER DATA TO BE
OUT THERE, AND WHAT PEOPLE CAN
DO BECAUSE IF YOU WAIT AROUND
FOR THE COMPANY, I THINK WE SEE
HOW THAT'LL TURN OUT.
>> YEAH, SO WHAT I DO IS I WRITE
FOR STANFORD LAW SCHOOL'S
INTERNET SOCIETY AND BASICALLY
LOOK AT NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND HOW
THEY EFFECT THE INDIVIDUAL AND
SOCIETY PRIVACY ISSUES,
COPYRIGHT SO ONE OF THE THINGS I
LOOK AT IS IP MASKING.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT YOUR
IP, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER
ADDRESS, CAN BE USED BY OTHER
PEOPLE TO HACK INTO SYSTEMS,
THEY CAN BE USED TO INFRINGE
COPYRIGHTS TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THINGS SO THE INTERNET IS KIND
OF LIKE THE NEW WILD WEST AND
WHAT I SUGGEST TO PEOPLE TO DO
IS TO BE CAREFUL OF WHAT VIRUSES
ARE ON THEIR COMPUTER.
ALWAYS HAVE MALWARE INSTALLED
AND I THINK IF YOU WANT TO KEEP
CONFIDENCE DEN SHALL HAVE
PRIVACY IN YOUR LIFE I THINK
BEYOND THE INTERNET IS A VERY
HARD THING TO DO AND IF YOU WANT
TO KEEP PRIVATE THERE'S WAYS FOR
PHONES TO LISTEN TO YOU THERE'S
ISSUES IN THIS LAWSUIT THAT YOU
SENT ME E-MAILS ABOUT TODAY
WHICH DIDN'T SURPRISE ME THAT
FACEBOOK WAS LOOKING AT PEOPLE'S
E-MAILS AND TEXTS SO I THINK IF
YOU'RE A CONSUMER AND YOU WANT
TO HAVE A PRIVATE CONSERVATION
WITH SOMEBODY KEEP THE PHONE
AWAY FROM YOU.
LIZ: OH, MY GOSH AND APPARENTLY
I'VE HEARD REPORTERS SAY THEIR
PHONE CONSERVATIONS HAVE ENDED
UP SOMEHOW IN THE HIDDEN CANYONS
OF THE DATABASE FOR FACEBOOK AND
OTHERS.
THE QUICK FIX FOR ALL SOCIAL
MEDIA, MANY OF US HERE TWEET.
A LOT OF PEOPLE GO ON INSTAGRAM.
YOUTUBE, THEY'RE JUST GOING
THROUGH THE INTERNET, DO YOU
HAVE A QUICK FIX AT THIS POINT?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THE QUICK FIX IS STAY OFFLINE,
IF YOU WANT SOMETHING CONFIDENT
DEN SHALL.
LIZ: BEYOND THAT.
>> WHAT'S THAT?