One of the issues of long discussion is about Facebook privacy. Soon the matter will be transferred to the courts.
Δύο χρήστες του Facebook, ο Michael Hurley και ο Matthew Campbell, κατέθεσαν μια συλλογική αγωγή εναντίον του Facebook την 30η Δεκεμβρίου 2013, ισχυριζόμενοι ότι το κοινωνικό δίκτυο “παραβιάζει συστηματικά την ιδιωτική ζωή των χρηστών του αφού “διαβάζει” τα προσωπικά μηνύματα που αποστέλλονται μέσω της ιστοσελίδαs without their consent.”
The lawsuit also claims that when Facebook finds a connection (link) in a private message, to click on the URL and if the website has the Facebook Like code installed, it automatically registers that the user has "Liked" this website.
Plaintiffs are demanding that Facebook pay each member of the class action "$ 100 a day for each day of infringement or $ 10.000."
The Wall Street Journal reported in 2012 that Facebook scans mail, but also "Likes" in private messages. According to the WSJ, Facebook said it was filtering personal messages for spam or to detect any criminal activity, but promised that "absolutely no personal information will be exposed."
"The complaint is unfounded and we will defend ourselves vigorously," a Facebook spokesman told Huffington Post.
The lawsuit nevertheless claims that Facebook does not only filter out personal spam messages, but it also explores the data it sells to advertisers, commercial companies and other stakeholders. 2011, the company has earned 2.700 millions of dollars from targeted ad sales, according to the lawsuit.
Το Facebook βέβαια δεν είναι η μόνη εταιρεία που κατηγορείται για την ανάγνωση της προσωπικής αλληλογραφίας. Η Google έχει επίσης δικαστεί για την ανάγνωση μηνυμάτων ηλεκτρονικού post officeof Gmail users, without their consent of course.
Security expert Graham Cluley recently argued that it is in our best interest when Facebook scans our messages. "If it does not scan and check the links included, there is a very high risk of spam, fraud, phishing attacks and malicious URLs designed to infect recipients' computers with malware," Cluley said.
