Last week, Instagram was fined €405M in EU due to having an "insecure default" setting for children's data collection. This is Meta's second #GDPR sanction after WhatsApp's $267 million penalty last year.
What should you care? Read on! 🧶
A transcript of Facebook engineering director Eugene Zarashow's testimony as part of the #CambridgeAnalytica lawsuit was unsealed. He admits no personal data mapping exists, software documentation is scarce at best, and nobody has any idea where personal data is stored.
This echoes Peiter Zatko, #TwitterWhistleBlower's, allegations. The former CISO questioned Twitter's ability to delete users data in compliance with #GDPR rights. Why are these stories not surprising?
Facebook and Twitter are both "early" social media platforms, built before online privacy became a concern. Ironically, it is exactly their "data nonchalance" that leads to privacy awareness growth! I am certain Meta and Twitter have top-notch #privacy experts. BUT...
They are faced with a technology mammoth on which they must bolt on privacy. Hard to steer the ship, especially with TikTok's headwinds!🍃🎐 Yes, these are the Winds of Change!
It's not just me quoting the Scorpions! I am chronicling TikTok's rise in a year that could become a PIVOT in social media history! Be part of the adventure, subscribe to my newsletter: https://ppfosec.com/tag/newsletter/
