How does the use of social media affect our privacy online?

This week we’re taking a look at how tech companies are managing our data:

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. @WIRED outlines how some social media apps use manipulative wording and design to persuade you to give up more of your data:

https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-social-media-privacy-dark-patterns/

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How Facebook and Other Sites Manipulate Your Privacy Choices

Social media platforms repeatedly use so-called dark patterns to nudge you toward giving away more of your data.

https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-social-media-privacy-dark-patterns/

Video sharing app #TikTok has come under fire amid privacy concerns about the huge amount of data it collects.

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/05/tiktok-gen-z-millennials-data-privacy-trump-china

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'I don't care': young TikTokers unfazed by US furor over data collection

Trump has threatened to ban the app amid privacy concerns. But young people say they’re used to being tracked

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/05/tiktok-gen-z-millennials-data-privacy-trump-china

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While this remains unproven, the app has been revealed to share data with authorities in the US:

https://theintercept.com/2020/08/10/blueleaks-tiktok-law-enforcement-privacy/

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BlueLeaks Reveals What TikTok Shares with U.S. Authorities

A glimpse at what the social media platform does in the U.S. underscores that data privacy issues extend beyond China.

https://theintercept.com/2020/08/10/blueleaks-tiktok-law-enforcement-privacy/

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This will give Facebook access to the biometric & environmental data that the headsets collect:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/if-privacy-dies-vr-it-dies-real-life

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If Privacy Dies in VR, It Dies in Real Life

If you aren’t an enthusiast, chances are you haven’t used a Virtual Reality (VR) or Augmented Reality (AR) headset. The hype around this technology, however, is nearly inescapable. We’re not just

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/if-privacy-dies-vr-it-dies-real-life

Two years on from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, are we any more in control of our data? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht">

This article looks at major data privacy violations at tech companies since then, and contends that laws https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚖️" title="Waage" aria-label="Emoji: Waage"> must be created to protect people:

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