Snowden: Facebook a ‘Surveillance Company’ that Collects and Sells User Data

Snowden: Facebook a ‘Surveillance Company’ that Collects and Sells User Data
by https://www.rt.com/
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden tweeted Saturday that Facebook is a “surveillance company” that sells its users’ personal details, weighing in on a scandal involving a private firm that harvested data from the social media giant.
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“Businesses that make money by collecting and selling detailed records of private lives were once plainly described as ‘surveillance companies,’” wrote the former National Security Agency contractor. “Their rebranding as ‘social media’ is the most successful deception since the Department of War became the Department of Defense.”–
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