Facebook Turned Over Teen's Personal Info So She Could Be Prosecuted For Abortion - Ring of Fire

[Rhiannon12866]

Facebook turned over the data of a teenage girl to investigators so that they could prosecute her, and her mother, for getting an abortion. Facebook says that they were only complying with information that had been subpoenaed, but the dangers that this poses to the health and safety of American citizens are beyond mind-blowing. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what happened.

[Skittles]

1. but of course

would we expect any better from them?

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I guess these poor people missed the Cambridge Analytica scandal...

[Skittles]

3. I am so sick of FB

people acting like they could not possibly keep up with family & friends or locate people from their past without it: lazy, lazy, LAZY

[Rhiannon12866]

4. I really don't get it, either.

People think it's okay to put themselves out on the internets - saying they only do it to "keep up with friends and family!"

[Skittles]

5. know what it reminds me of?

people who think you need religion to be a good person

I mean, PLEASE

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Well, that too. I was actually in a discussion about that earlier tonight, times have changed.

And don't people use email anymore? They can even send photos that way...

[Skittles]

9. half my family is overseas

I do just fine without that POS site

[Rhiannon12866]

11. And my family is in more other states than I can count. We have phones and email.

[SheltieLover]

14. Nope

Why anyone would use FB is beyond me.

[KS Toronado]

7. Most people would have trouble turning off location services

and never knowing for sure if they were successful or whether it gets turned back on automatically.
Best to leave phone on and at home.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. That's good advice, though it's really unacceptable that we've come to this.

[KS Toronado]

10. I know it will never happen

but sometimes I wish it was illegal for every Tom, Dick, & Harry in this world to be able to plant their
cookie info on my computer that I paid for and use my electricity to search everything about me just
so they can throw so ads at me with "You might be interested in these"

[Rhiannon12866]

12. When I was first online those ads freaked me out

How did The Weather Channel know that I looked at J.C. Penney??

[KS Toronado]

13. every Tom, Dick, & Harry works there!

[SheltieLover]

15. It sure is!

[Rhiannon12866]

16. Well, it's too bad that these victims didn't belong to DU

The Cambridge Analytica scandal was covered extensively here and then the more recent whistleblower was as well!

[SheltieLover]

17. Indeed!

And Tic Tok enables device to both record & take pix anytime.

Why do people use these?

[Rhiannon12866]

18. I don't know about half of these sites I keep hearing about. I stick with the ones I know...

[SheltieLover]

19. Surreal.

I've read that in EU (or possibly UK), a person's info belongs to them. Not every corporation that can grab it.

Maybe if we can get a really solid majority in the house & senate ...



On edit: Should havd said keep a sid majority in house & gain one in senate.

[get the red out]

20. How is it legal

For a state to prosecute someone for something they do legally in another state? Nobody gets prosecuted for going out of state and legally smoking pot? Do states literally own their citizens now?