TWiST #53 with Keith Lee, CEO of Booyah Part 1
ThisWeekinStartups
May 22, 2010
Jason Calacanis argues that Facebook has become a fundamentally unethical actor that prioritizes data exploitation over user privacy. He contends that Mark Zuckerberg’s history of double-crossing partners and the company’s deliberate obfuscation of privacy settings demonstrate a lack of integrity, urging users to 'vote with their feet' by deactivating or deleting their accounts.
Key insight: Calacanis reveals that Facebook deliberately hides the 'delete account' option, forcing users to navigate to a specific, unlinked URL to permanently remove their data, which he cites as proof of the company's manipulative design.
