Facebook of the dead

Certainly, it X-rays our onsite social lives, rendering our stated “likes and interests,” along with any Facebook pages we connect to---including those expressing support for, or opposition to, controversial issues such as gay marriage, abortion rights, and the decriminalization of marijuana---instantly visible to, say, potential employers or the feds, whom the Electronic Frontier Foundation suspects are using social networking sites for “investigations, data-collection, and surveillance.” Moreover, Facebook commodifies our personal information, serving it up to data miners and targeted advertisers. By Mark Dery.

https://boingboing.net