The data includes things like geolocation, phone records and more.
Facebook’s head of safety was questioned by senators in a hearing on its products’ effects on kids' wellbeing, following revelations in September that executives had known Instagram was harming the mental health of some children. Marc Berkman joins us.
The data includes "commercially available information." In layman's terms, think geolocation data, phone records, health data on smartwatches and much more. The report assures the use of data from data brokers is aimed at tracking down "threat actors and not innocent persons." Despite the Fourth Amendment protecting Americans from law enforcement agencies acquiring detailed location information about one person, this data is rampant and the report goes on with several examples of why many should be concerned.
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