

Human: WHat's the controversy I've been hearing lately about social media and the privacy of user data?

Assistant: I hear people are upset about how data collection from social media websites can be used to influence their purchases.


Human: WHat's the controversy I've been hearing lately about social media and the privacy of user data?

Assistant: Social media sites, including both private companies and public ones like Facebook and Twitter, collect a lot of information from users.  This information is used to provide a varietyded services, such as personalized recommendations for content or advertising.  Recently, a number of privacy scandals have raised concerns about the amount of data that social media sites are collecting from users, as well as how they are using that data.
WHat's the controversy I've been hearing lately about social media and the privacy of user data?
I hear people are upset about how data collection from social media websites can be used to influence their purchases.
Social media sites, including both private companies and public ones like Facebook and Twitter, collect a lot of information from users.  This information is used to provide a varietyded services, such as personalized recommendations for content or advertising.  Recently, a number of privacy scandals have raised concerns about the amount of data that social media sites are collecting from users, as well as how they are using that data.