Mozilla Suspends Facebook Advertising Amid Cambridge Analytica Scandal

[TheBlackAdder]

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Mozilla, the software company best known for its Firefox internet browser, said it is suspending paid advertising with Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

The nonprofit said it decided to halt ads after news that Facebook allowed British firm Cambridge Analytica to harvest and exploit more than 50 million users’ personal data ― then failed to follow up on it for more than two years.

“This news caused us to take a closer look at Facebook’s current default privacy settings given that we support the platform with our advertising dollars,” Denelle Dixon, Mozilla’s chief business and legal officer, wrote in a blog post Wednesday.

“While we believe there is still more to learn, we found that its current default settings leave access open to a lot of data – particularly with respect to settings for third party apps,” Dixon continued.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mozilla-suspends-facebook-advertising-amid-cambridge-analytica-scandal_us_5ab392d4e4b0decad0473536

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[malaise]

1. This is huge

Rec

[LovingA2andMI]

2. Yes...

It Is. Other companies need to follow suit.

[CelticWinter]

3. aww suck to be zuck

[Raster]

4. He deserves every bit of grief and more...

...genius? probably. Punk-ass little shit? Absolutely. Treasonous weasel-bastard? Maybe. Just maybe.

[cp]

5. Good for Mozilla

[pandr32]

6. What goes up must come down

Hopefully, this idiom applies to Zuckerberg's obscene wealth.

[ailsagirl]

7. Thank you, Mozilla

[PatSeg]

8. Wow!

[sdfernando]

9. Thanks Mozilla

Firefox is my browser of choice an all platforms.

[Amaryllis]

13. Same here.

[WhiteTara]

10. I use Mozillza and have

for a long time. I'm happy to see this.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. Good

Glad to see Mozilla taking this bold, ethical step. They provided relief when Netscape was blown up in the browser wars. Millions have trusted the brand for many years. (Oldest version I have on hand is mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-M13-fullcircle.tar.gz from Jan, 2000).

[FakeNoose]

12. Oh boy! this is a very good sign

I hope more do the same.