The Key to Understanding Facebook's Current Crisis

Facebook's current data crisis involving Cambridge Analytica has angered users and prompted government investigations. To understand what's happening now, you have to look back at Facebook's old policies from 2007 to 2014. WSJ's Shelby Holliday explains. Illustration: Laura Kammerman



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[OliviaWenya]

"if you are not paying for it. you are not the customer, you are the product being sold"- I can't remember who said it *shrug*

[Dr.HouseMD]

This Zuckerberg guy does an excellent Jesse Eisenberg impression.

[Panthers]

Honestly, I don’t care. Privacy is completely dead, and we should all know that. You want privacy? Don’t use the internet. You are be tracked everywhere you go, some apps listen to you, and all this data is being sold.

[DrumApe]

I am amazed that people are only now catching on to this, it's been going on for at least 5 years.

[raghurrai]

I’m in college and I deleted my Facebook profile over a year ago after I discovered all about Edward Snowden’s work. It’s sad because people just don’t care.

[ropro]

Lol, remember when Facebook was trying to develop their own mobile phone? Imagine the data they could have harvested off that! Thank gawd it flopped!

[GmoneyMozart]

This is only an issue because the trump campaign benefited from it. People willingly allow this to happen when they enter certain apps by agreeing to the terms.

[marcamico]

FB is a fraudulent reality. I have an account, but I refuse to be an ACTIVE user. Yeah, fb was nice from '09-'12. Took a downfall when users were allowed to upload pics from your cell to fakebook. I NEVER knew how many 'friends' were narcissistic. It's actually pathetic.

[lindascoon]

People are hypocrites. So they are blaming Facebook for the voting choices they made . It's like blaming a billboard for the haircut you have.

[anticeon]

What so funny is turn out that Tin foil hat community was right ...

[remarbarquilla]

Facebook is not the only Social media who has an access to users profile. Linkedin, Twitter even Youtube.

[chrisdarwiche]

I deleted facebook just because I didn't find it enjoyable and it only had a negative affect on me. The current situation is not as complicated as people make it out to be. Congress should not interfere, instead they should have people who actually understand control this issue.

[MaJoRxmu]

I mean if this is only used for political campaign and what not and correct me if i'm wrong but an non US citizen should not worry right? I mean i'm not voting or anything.

[gurbirsinghkhalsa]

I haven't used Facebook from last 2 years and it feels great, more free time and real friends :D

[WOYGx]

Thank you for making this video !!! I’m going to subscribe!

[SupaEMT]

I found this video very annoying because she switches back-and-forth between how she speaks years (e.g. two-thousand fourteen vs. twenty thirteen) and how she says the word "data".

[Ravedaze.]

Mark Zuckerberg must be held accountable

[Lildizzle]

not enough people talking about shadow profiles

[Soprie]

Funny how Zuck has been pseudocampaigning on a publicity tour, yet claims to have been in the dark about this political deal.

[imtheboy]

Im single and available..now 2018.. so saaaddd