“These Companies Suck” Arc

Is it that time again? You bet’cha! Google and Facebook have been announcing some new projects lately- all of which you should avoid. Why is that? Well, simple- nothing’s changed, and neither of them have your best interests in mind.

Check if you’re affected by FLoC here: https://amifloced.org/

Sources:

Facebook Data Leaks:

• Business Insider, 3 April 2021, “533 million Facebook users’ phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online“
• TechCrunch, 4 September 2019, “A huge database of Facebook users’ phone numbers found online“

Mark Zuckerberg on Section 230 Reform:

• TheHill, 24 March 2021, “Facebook’s Zuckerberg proposes conditional Section 230 reforms“
• The Week, 24 March 2021, “Zuckerberg calls for Section 230 reforms — but they may help Facebook“

Android sending more data than iOS:

• Ars Technica, 30 March 2021, “Android sends 20x more data to Google than iOS sends to Apple, study says“

Google’s killing the third-party cookie & FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts):

• Statista.com, Accessed 14 April 2021, “Revenue of Google from 1st quarter 2008 to 4th quarter 2020”
• CNBC, 14 January 2020, “Google plans to kill support for third-party cookies that track you all over the internet”
• Electronic Frontier Foundation, 3 March 2021, “Google’s FLoC Is a Terrible Idea“
• Electronic Frontier Foundation, 30 March 2021, “Google Is Testing Its Controversial New Ad Targeting Tech in Millions of Browsers. Here’s What We Know.“

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