As of march 23, 2018, I am no longer active on Facebook and will be deleting my profile and all related pages in the next 2 weeks.
Why? For me, the current Cambridge Analytica debacle is the straw that broke the camel’s back – enough is enough! Facebook can no longer be trusted to do the right thing with my content and my data; and without a doubt a lot more negligence and all kinds of unethical behaviour on their end is going to emerge in the next few weeks. This has taken on Snowden-affair-like proportions and it’s time to pull the plug. You can read more about my decision here: https://gerd.fm/2ulzoCe or watch this video interview on CNNMoney Switzerland: https://gerd.fm/2pyeda2
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Finally: maybe a paid social network would finally be a plausible idea? Please take this quick survey.
Current results are below (as of March 30 2018) -pretty amazing imho.
Some related resources
Gerd stuff
From my blog, January 2016: the evilfication of Facebook (hard to believe that was over 2 years ago!!) 💥
Interview with Handelszeitung Switzerland (in German): we have been feeding a monster
Facebook is an AI that needs to be regulated
NEW: Podcast with Tim Renner (a good friend, collaborator, and former Secretary of State, Culture, Berlin) ⚡
Interview with LeTemps.ch (in French) «Nous transférons notre pouvoir aux machines»
All my previous posts on the Facebook issues
Other must-reads (updated every few days)
The case against Facebook (VOX)
Facebook apologises with ads (TIME, image also via Time.com
Header image via TechCrunch (how to delete Facebook)
Mark Zuckerberg Thinks We’re Idiots. 🔥🔥🔥
by Jean-Louis Gassée. Surprise: Thanks to the Cambridge Analytica revelations, we’re finding out that Facebook allowed a much broader and deeper prostitution of our private data than it had previously claimed. Facebook’s disingenuous explanations call for more questions and even less trust.
To dive a bit deeper into my thinking on the topic of technology vs/with humanity, watch this short film