Where Does the Fault Lie When Facebook and Amazon Privately Share Data?

Published: Jan. 4, 2019, 4:40 p.m.

b'Recently an article came discussed a situation where an Amazon customer was trying to post a review for the book she bought. But she kept getting notified that due to a rules violation she wouldn\\u2019t be able to do it. Well after the news about Facebook sharing information came out, it appeared that Amazon may have used the data to assume there was a \\u201creal\\u201d friendship that wouldn\\u2019t allow for an honest review of the book.\\n\\nJohn Lawson and I discuss the implications of Amazon using Facebook data to determine who knows who and how that plays into protecting shoppers on the site. And what are the wider implications of big tech companies sharing data without telling the folks who\\u2019s data they\\u2019re sharing.'