Facebook Documents Seized by UK Government

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The Guardian reports that the UK Parliament has seized a cache of documents "alleged to contain significant revelations about Facebook decisions on data and privacy controls that led to the Cambridge Analytica scandal." Parliament reportedly invoked a rare mechanism to "compel" Ted Kramer, the founder of Six4Three, to hand over the documents. The site claims the documents include confidential emails between executives, including Zuckerberg himself. The seizure follows Zuckerberg's refusal to answer the Parliament's summons, and The Guardian believes that the documents will clarify the decisions made by Facebook's leadership in the events leading up to the scandal.

In another exceptional move, parliament sent a serjeant at arms to his hotel with a final warning and a two-hour deadline to comply with its order. When the software firm founder failed to do so, it's understood he was escorted to parliament. He was told he risked fines and even imprisonment if he didn’t hand over the documents. "We are in uncharted territory," said Collins, who also chairs an inquiry into fake news. "This is an unprecedented move but it's an unprecedented situation. We've failed to get answers from Facebook and we believe the documents contain information of very high public interest."
 
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"We are in uncharted territory," said Collins, who also chairs an inquiry into fake news.
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Every day that goes by, I feel like I understand this world less.
 
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ad Six4Three employee
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believe you meant "a Six4Three employee". Also TFA states that Damian Collins is the chair of the culture, media and sport select committee who was doing the compelling not the compelled. Ted Kramer was the one compelled.

I cant wait until these documents become public...Class action law suit anyone?
 
Likely that FB's and other's big concern isn't Cambridge Analytica, but high govt officials publicly learning just how much data FB collects on everyone, either through their own efforts or through purchase of data sets from third parties.
 
AlphaAtlas said:
we believe the documents contain information of very high public interest."
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the only way it will be "interesting" is if it shows even a small chance of them NOT sharing everything with everyone... for a fee of course.
 
Patton187 said:
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So it’s ok to disrespect and take the piss out of another countries legal system, a place where Facebook enjoys massive tax benefits and profits, and think you should get away with it?

You operate a business in another country, then you play by that countries law. If not, I know most Brits would quite happily tell companies like Facebook to go fuck themselves. These companies contribute nothing, take billions in pure profit, and pay virtually no tax in countries outside America. They are only there because people got awestruck at them all those years ago, and had dreams of sharing in the billions. That bubble burst, when people found out that they employ very few people, co-locate foreign workers instead of employing local talent, build their facilities using cheap foreign labour, receive millions of pounds worth of grants to tempt them, and still end up paying less than 1% tax on earnings and profits that are a complete fabrication, virtually tantamount to money laundering. Basically they decide how much they want to pay.

Now they might actually have to pay back what they promised, in one way or another. About fucking time, I say. It’s about time the American tech industry got a little bloody nose. It started out so well, then perverted in to a monster where governments are even afraid of them.
 
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Facebook needs to be regulated out of existence. Zuckerberg is a POS and so is Facebook...
 
Stimpy88 said:
So it’s ok to disrespect and take the piss out of another countries legal system, a place where Facebook enjoys massive tax benefits and profits, and think you should get away with it?

You operate a business in another country, then you play by that countries law. If not, I know most Brits would quite happily tell companies like Facebook to go fuck themselves. These companies contribute nothing, take billions in pure profit, and pay virtually no tax in countries outside America. They are only there because people got awestruck at them all those years ago, and had dreams of sharing in the billions. That bubble burst, when people found out that they employ very few people, co-locate foreign workers instead of employing local talent, build their facilities using cheap foreign labour, receive millions of pounds worth of grants to tempt them, and still end up paying less than 1% tax on earnings and profits that are a complete fabrication, virtually tantamount to money laundering. Basically they decide how much they want to pay.

Now they might actually have to pay back what they promised, in one way or another. About fucking time, I say. It’s about time the American tech industry got a little bloody nose. It started out so well, then perverted in to a monster where governments are even afraid of them.
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You know when a service is free they usually collect stuff about you. That's how it works. You're are the product.
 
Stimpy88 said:
So it’s ok to disrespect and take the piss out of another countries legal system, a place where Facebook enjoys massive tax benefits and profits, and think you should get away with it?

You operate a business in another country, then you play by that countries law. If not, I know most Brits would quite happily tell companies like Facebook to go fuck themselves. These companies contribute nothing, take billions in pure profit, and pay virtually no tax in countries outside America. They are only there because people got awestruck at them all those years ago, and had dreams of sharing in the billions. That bubble burst, when people found out that they employ very few people, co-locate foreign workers instead of employing local talent, build their facilities using cheap foreign labour, receive millions of pounds worth of grants to tempt them, and still end up paying less than 1% tax on earnings and profits that are a complete fabrication, virtually tantamount to money laundering. Basically they decide how much they want to pay.

Now they might actually have to pay back what they promised, in one way or another. About fucking time, I say. It’s about time the American tech industry got a little bloody nose. It started out so well, then perverted in to a monster where governments are even afraid of them.
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Your argument might have more weight if they actually paid taxes at all...
 
klappa said:
You know when a service is free they usually collect stuff about you. That's how it works. You're are the product.
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Fortunately some countries see the dire need to protect the average person from the the surreptitious ways that this data is harvested, stored, and sold. I agree that the UK can be a bit of a nanny state but the tech industry as a whole generally screws this world at least as much as it makes it better, and regulation is needed when corporations blatantly disregard that which is for the greater good to squeeze a few more cents out of the market.
 
TonyZ said:
Facebook needs to be regulated out of existence. Zuckerberg is a POS and so is Facebook...
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No. This extremist shit needs to stop. Arguing against specific behaviors under such and such conditions might make sense. Even punishments, and FB should fucking be punished in the form of tens of billions. Why? Because they can afford it. Outright regulating entities out of existence is disgusting (subjective) and very dangerous (objective) I would think. Absolute power corrupts absolutely
 
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