Daily Digest 11/7/2019 (Ray Jenkins)
Send date
Thu, 11/07/2019
American Internet users are less free
Facebook leveraged user data to fight rivals and help friends
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg oversaw plans to consolidate the social network's power and control competitors by treating its users' data as a bargaining chip. Zuckerberg, along with his board and management team, found ways to tap Facebook users' data — including information about friends, relationships and photos — as leverage over the companies it partnered with.