The Citizen (KZN)

Blame yourself – not Facebook

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The whole world is jumping up and down blaming Facebook and Cambridge Analytica for collecting data and personal informatio­n about them. But do these hundreds of millions of people/idiots admit they are hooked and spend meaningles­s hours every day sending worthless posts. They cannot wait to tell the world what they are doing practicall­y minute by minute, where they are, what they are eating, and wearing.

Anyone with an ounce of brain can find out everything about them just by reading their posts – and as the FBI admitted a while back already it was the best thing that happened to collecting intelligen­ce and saving money.

There is no free lunch and by having “free” access and use of Facebook these people have made Mark Zuckerberg a multi- billionair­e.

He is laughing all the way to the bank – even after his stock took quite a knock after it became public that Facebook’s primary

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customers are its shareholde­rs and the entities that want its users data – not you or me. Wake up, people, and stop moaning.

Jean Michel

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