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This episode is a summary in plain English of the different data breach "scandals" that Facebook experienced over the last 11 months. In it, I cover the following: Cambridge Analytica - what happened and how did the data for 87 million accounts get out? Removal of Facebook Ad Targeting Categories using 3rd party data-mining and how that affected the real estate industry's ads The latest revelation of 250 pages of sensitive documents that were shared online showing more information about possible consent and data privacy issues within Facebook and their partnerships Why people are still sticking with Facebook  All information sourced from the following articles: https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/05/seized-cache-of-facebook-docs-raise-competition-and-consent-questions/ https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/23/17151916/facebook-cambridge-analytica-trump-diagram https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/the-cambridge-analytica-scandal-in-three-paragraphs/556046/ https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/facebook-2018-user-motivation https://thenextweb.com/facebook/2018/12/05/uk-parliament-facebook-internal-documents/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/19/hud-complaint-accuses-facebook-ads-of-violating-fair-housing-act/ https://www.housingwire.com/articles/46551-facebook-cuts-thousands-of-ad-targeting-options-after-huds-housing-discrimination-allegation https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/16/15657512/cambridge-analytica-facebook-alexander-nix-christopher-wylie https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/the-cambridge-analytica-scandal-in-three-paragraphs/556046/