Facebook brand interested in Russian betrayal

Facebook advertising tools automatically scored about 65,000 Russians, calling them "interested in treason" homeland. The social network administration did not directly disclose user information to third-party companies, but advertisers were given the opportunity to easily identify potential traitors using only tools publicly available. For example, they can target only users marked from Russia, then register IP addresses of those who clicked on the link.

The experts noted that, thanks to social network algorithms, the Russian government could easily calculate potential traitors. "The internet is not officially censored in Russia, however, these methods, which Facebook has undoubtedly unintentionally given to the Russian authorities, will facilitate the systematic monitoring by public agencies of people qualified as potential traitors in the homeland," he said. Mette Skak, professor of political science at the University of Aarhus

. that the algorithm was intended solely to detect "historical" treason. "Treason has been included as a category, given its historical importance," they said. The administration preferred not to give more detailed explanation. Later, the controversial category was removed without no comment

In April 2018, the media learned the biggest data leak in the history of Facebook. The social network administration has threatened the data of 87 million users. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the leak had also touched him.