22 Mar Facebook: is it time we all deleted our accounts?
In a sense, Facebook's defence to the Cambridge Analytica story was more damning than the story itself
The Cambridge Analytica revelations may be the final nudge we need to turn away from the social network. And it's only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to big tech harvesting private information
Facebook has displayed a remarkable lack of contrition in the immediate aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica revelations. Photograph: Piotr Malczyk/Alamy Stock Photo
Facebook has displayed a remarkable lack of contrition in the immediate aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica revelations. Photograph: Piotr Malczyk/Alamy Stock Photo
S orry to break it to you, but you are probably a “dumb fuck”. This is according to statements by a young , when a 19-year-old Zuckerberg had just started building Facebook, he sent his Harvard friends a series of instant messages in which he marvelled at the fact that 4,000 people had volunteered their personal information to his nascent social network. “People just submitted it . I don't know why . They ‘trust me' . dumb fucks.”