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I am done with Facebook. Would a paid-for, non-commercial platform be a better solution?

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NOTICE:  As of today, I am no longer active on Facebook and will be deleting my profile and all related pages in the next 2 weeks.

Why? For me, the current Cambridge Analytica debacle is the straw that broke the camel’s back – enough is enough! Facebook can no longer be trusted to do the right thing with my content and my data; and without a doubt a lot more negligence and all kinds of unethical behaviour on their end is going to emerge in the next few weeks. This has taken on Snowden-affair-like proportions and it’s time to pull the plug.

You can read more about my decision here: https://gerd.fm/2ulzoCe or watch this video interview on CNNMoney Switzerland: http://gerd.fm/2pyeda2

If you want to stay in-touch please connect with me via Twitter https://twitter.com/gleonhard or LinkedIn https://twitter.com/gleonhard or via this site, and sign up for my newsletter at http://gerd.digital

Finally: maybe a paid social network would finally be a plausible idea?  Please take this quick survey.

Current results are below.

Some related resources

From my blog, January 2016: the evilfication of Facebook (hard to believe that was over 2  years ago!!) 💥

Interview with Handelszeitung Switzerland (in German): we have been feeding a monster

Facebook is an AI that needs to be regulated  🔥

NEW: Podcast with Tim Renner (a good friend, collaborator, and former Secretary of State, Culture, Berlin) ⚡

Interview with LeTemps.ch (in French) «Nous transférons notre pouvoir aux machines»

All my previous posts on the Facebook issues

Header image via TechCrunch (how to delete Facebook)

To dive a bit deeper into my thinking on the topic of technology vs/with humanity, watch this short film

 

 

 

 


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