Facebook is impersonating people without their consent

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softwareFREEk

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[size=+3]Facebook is impersonating you without your consent — you just don’t know it[/size]

Facebook is impersonating people without their consent, and most individuals have no idea this is happening. Any post made by Facebook on your behalf is completely invisible to you, and only shows up in your friends’ & family’s news feed.

Facebook considers this an intentional feature. They’ll re-post one of your “likes” every so often with a related article. It makes sense form a marketing standpoint - reposts help whatever you “like” gain visibility. However, there’s no way to filter exactly which articles are posted on your behalf - because again, they’re only visible to your friends. The only way to prevent re-posted content is to unlike everything.

Apparently this isn’t new:

Class action lawsuit:

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McLovin

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Ha, isn't a good thing I don't like a lot of things.
 

softwareFREEk

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I do not do facebook

My favourite T that I wear has emblazoned across the front

[size=+2]'Do I look like a people person'[/size]

says it all right ? :p
 

Payback

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FB - Freaking Bleach (stronger words) and a big-frecking sellout. 1% people are nice their...99% of them are uneducated 9 year olds...
 
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