So, turns out Facebook IS spying on you.
Although the social media giants say they have your best interests at heart.
Hello and welcome back to IO, I am your host Rebecca Felgate and today we are talking about
the creepy modern age of the internet.
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Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that, yeah Facebook reads your messages.
In an interview with Ezra Klein, the editor of VOX, Zuckerberg confirmed that Facebook
bots scan your texts and images to make sure they fit their community standards.
The social network billionaire insisted it was a positive step to protect its users.
In the interview Zuckerberg said that his systems had blocked scandalous messages about
ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, formally Burma.
Zucks suggested the messages were read by bots, unless flagged to moderators.
A Facebook spokesperson then clarified the comments when she said “hen you send a photo,
our automated systems scan it using photo matching technology to detect known child
exploitation imagery or when you send a link, we scan it for malware or viruses.
Facebook designed these automated tools so we can rapidly stop abusive behavior on our
platform.”
Some people are still not happy with that, and she added: Keeping your messages private
is the priority for us, we protect the community with automated systems This is not done by
humans.
We do not listen to your voice and video calls.
Of course the news comes just weeks after it was revealed that Facebook leaked private
data to the Trump Campaign, possibly influencing the election results.
Oh, and they knew about it and didn’t tell anyone.
Understandably people are a little wary of how much they trust the social network.
A lot of people are totally convinced that Facebook is listening to them via voice and
video calls, and I have to say…
I am not one to jump on a conspiracy bandwagon… but I kind of feel them here.
I was talking on a Facebook call about how I wanted to go to New Zealand, and all of
a sudden I started getting New Zealand advertisements….
I had never written or typed it anyway.
Sure it could be a coincidence….
But what with all that has been revealed recently…
I honestly would not be surprised.
What do you think guys?
Can we trust Facebook?
Is it just bots reading our messages?
And even if it is, how is that information stored?
How long is it stored for?
Who can access that information?
Those would be my questions to Mark Zuckerberg.
So that is all we have on this story – do leave me your comments and let me know what
you think.
I am just going to read a few comments from one of my videos yesterday about the shooter
at YouTube HQ.
COD Fanatic said: My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families.
No person should deserve this.?
I want to leave you with a really interesting comment from Keith Lau: Its really sad that
these shootings keep happening and yet people are still not getting check out.
I'd say about 95% of all shootings in the world are based around people having mental
issues and the other 5% is just senseless violence.
If more people went to talk to a doctor about their feelings, these acts of violence would
never happen.
I'm an advocate for the second amendment but if people who have these types of issues have
guns, Its only a matter of time til they do something terrible.
I agree with increasing the background checks when it comes to buying guns but don't even
think of trying to take them away.
We have a right to protect ourselves and a right to bear arms.
I also think they should make mental evaluations mandatory when buying a gun.
It will only make sure that these senseless acts of violence happen less often if not
stop them entirely?
I don’t necessarily agree with it all, but it seems like a thought out comment and evaluation
so thanks for that.