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by surfmike 3533 days ago
Well, the argument would be that it wasn't within the lawful allowed use.
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You mean breach of contract which could be a tort, but not a "crime". Unless a given state has local laws which have provisions against that... Where advertisers would also fall under... Unless they lobbied for a provision exempting them... To make FB et al viable as an advertising platform.

Social networks are double edged swords by their nature.

The collection of the data is illegal for the government, not the use of it. The laws need to be updated.