The suit—first filed in 2015—alleges that Facebook’s photo-tagging feature violates Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), which forbids collection of identifiable biometric data without a person’s explicit consent.      Link

Tape over those cameras dudes....

Facebook, twitter, any social media, in fact, should not be able to data mine...
 
that's my opinion., be a place for people to communicate, fine..data mine? No.
 

quadlatte

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Facebook, twitter, any social media, in fact, should not be able to data mine...
 
that's my opinion., be a place for people to communicate, fine..data mine? No.
 

That's how all "free" services make money

Maybe so, but that needs to be clearly defined who, what and where your data is going/being used by-for and you need to be given a opt in/out chance. You opt out you lose features, that's all. Data mining is certainly not necessary to keep an app free, no matter the platform.

wmmills

quadlatte

transdogmifier
Facebook, twitter, any social media, in fact, should not be able to data mine...

that's my opinion., be a place for people to communicate, fine..data mine? No.

That's how all "free" services make money

Maybe so, but that needs to be clearly defined who, what and where your data is going/being used by-for and you need to be given a opt in/out chance. You opt out you lose features, that's all. Data mining is certainly not necessary to keep an app free, no matter the platform.

most of it is spelled out in the terms of service, which i know 99% of people dont read

My guess is if it goes to court Facebook will win. If they decide they will lose they will settle out of court for a few million.

Social media is for morons and attention whores. Like I need to know every time someone needs to take a dump or see a picture of someone's ugly child when it smiles after poking a dogs anal cavity. That's right, your children are only cute to YOU. Because they're YOURS. 
 
That being said, it's not Facebook's fault that there is so much blatant stupidity on such sites. Selfies, duck faces, gangster poses, bullying...There's so much more to list but work is getting in the way. People are too absorbed in acting like buffoons to realize what is actually happening. Although I have no love for Zuckerberg I have to respect the way he took advantage of human nature to make money. I mean...did people really not see this coming? Jesus, what am I saying. Of course they didn't. They're too busy with their vanity to recognize a corporations intent. They don't protect themselves because they expect others to always do it for them. When they realize they've been betrayed they, once again, expect OTHERS to file and win lawsuits on their behalf.
 
People will use these sites because they're free, spread their inane garbage then cry when they're told that their personal information has been used to track their migrating patterns to ensure they're not a threat, or figure out that they secretly want Hillary Clinton to be president because she has that liberal qualification of being a female and that's good enough regardless of her past, and if you say otherwise you're a racist. So the solution is to sue Facebook? Why don't you just stop using Facebook, you dilettantes?
 
Take from this what you want, I really don't care. I'm just saying what needs to be said because I have the balls to say it in what is regarded as a sheltered, politically correct environment which censors the truth to protect individual "feelings". But I will say it again. You need to see things like this coming. But you don't because you're too busy encouraging your naivete. Too much responsibility has been taken off the individual so I have no remorse for anyone who has been wronged by something like Facebook. But people will never stop using it because what platform will allow them to present their selfies to the world? Yeah...Welcome to Earth.