The Europeans have been much more aggressive objecting to online privacy violations and targeted “fake news”. This report was just released from Great Britain who has a specific interest in online meddling related to Brexit, but also interested in such topics as the political activities of Cambridge Analytica. The report provides details on the activities of Facebook and offers specific examples of how Facebook users were purposefully misled as to how data collected from their activities would be used.
I find the practice of “data reciprocity” as most concerning. Users should not assume that the information derived from their use of Facebook is used solely to target “more useful” ads within Facebook.
The analyses is this report is very current even covering the Apple/Facebook spat over the “research app” Facebook has released through Apple in January of 2019.