Comment by speedplane
7 years ago
> Not to alleviate facebook of blame, but who's to say data on almost every other social media service isn't also just flagged for deletion?
The word "delete" has a pretty clear definition to most users. Facebook is one of the most used pieces of software in the world. If FB is allowed to lie to its users, it would indeed give a pass to just about every social media service out there.
The reason Facebook is special, and deserves special scrutiny, is because of its power. If FB establishes a bad behavior, it will become the norm.
A more prudent question would be whether these tech companies should be reined in by federal privacy law. Should they be allowed to collect, trade and analyze private data on all of its users? Where do we draw the line in the sand, in terms of what's acceptable and not.
These are incredibly important questions. A related field would be the credit bureaus, such as Equifax. Global companies who store social security numbers and all other sorts of information. We need a national set of rules for these companies to follow.
Not keeping my hopes up, given our Congress is so dysfunctional these days.
I would think undelete also has a clear definition. Technical implementation is orthogonal to these kinds of definitions.