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Apple CEO links Facebook’s business model to real-world violence – CNBC
“If a business is built on misleading users, on data exploitation, on choices that are no choices at all, it … deserves scorn,” Tim Cook said.
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Thursday linked Facebook’s business model, which used data to serve targeted ads, with real-world consequences like violence or reducing public trust in vaccines.
Cook’s speech at a data privacy conference in Brussels did not mention Facebook by name, but the social media company was clearly a target of the Apple CEO’s warning.
“If a business is built on misleading users, on data exploitation, on choices that are no choices at all, it does not deserve our praise. It deserves…
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