Big data and the Facebook scandal: Issues and responses

The recent scandal over the appropriation of users' data from the Facebook platform serves to surface wider concerns about 'big data', relating inter alia to the ways in which personal data are obtained, stored and used for commercial purposes. This article outlines some of the issues...

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Published in:Theology
Main Author: Fuller, Michael E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2019]
In: Theology
RelBib Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCJ Ethics of science
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Privacy
B Cybercrime
B data brokerage
B Mass data
B Consent
B Hermeneutics
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:The recent scandal over the appropriation of users' data from the Facebook platform serves to surface wider concerns about 'big data', relating inter alia to the ways in which personal data are obtained, stored and used for commercial purposes. This article outlines some of the issues involved, and sketches some of the ways in which theologically inspired reflection and action might begin to address those issues.
ISSN:2044-2696
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0040571X18805908