Reply to post: @AC ...Re: This is what could really do Zuckwit and his company serious harm

Fleeing Facebook app users realise what they agreed to in apps years ago – total slurpage

Ian Michael Gumby
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@AC ...Re: This is what could really do Zuckwit and his company serious harm

You are confusing criminal vs civil complaints.

W.R.T criminal complaints... they US Government will charge them and the company will pay out a fine as part of a settlement.

W.R.T. civil... that's where the company can get soaked. Litigation costs will be in the millions before any chance of getting near settlement talks.

What FB doesn't want is for the lawsuits to peel back their operations during discovery. This is when the lawyers get to see what really goes on and how much they know as well as what they do with this information. This is Zuck's worst nightmare.

One other question will also be answered... everyone is enraged at CA getting this data and supposedly using it w Trump's campaign. But what about Clinton and Obama campaigns.

Then there's the research in to seeing if they can effect people's mental state thru what news they filter in their news feed... All of that will come out.

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