{"id":38164,"date":"2018-04-23T15:54:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T13:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2018\/04\/23\/martin-lewis-is-right-to-take-on-facebook-it-has-too-much-power-ellie-mae-ohagan\/"},"modified":"2018-04-23T15:54:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T13:54:30","slug":"martin-lewis-is-right-to-take-on-facebook-it-has-too-much-power-ellie-mae-ohagan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=38164","title":{"rendered":"Martin Lewis is right to take on Facebook \u2013 it has too much power | Ellie Mae O\u2019Hagan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As some publishers try to clean up rogue online advertising, the platform has been slow to act on complaints. Time for regulationOne of the ways Facebook has been able to get away with some pretty questionable behaviour over the years is that exploiting users\u2019 data is an abstract problem that doesn\u2019t seem to impinge on our daily lives, and for which there is no obvious solution. What can we really do if Facebook figures out our commute time to work and uses that information to sell advertising? And is it worth doing anything if we don\u2019t even notice it\u2019s happened?This is why the news that Martin Lewis of MoneySavingExpert.com is planning on suing Facebook for defamation \u2013 after it failed to stop scam adverts appearing on its site that featured his face \u2013 presents an opportunity for campaigners seeking to impose regulations on Facebook. Lewis is an eminently recognisable figure, who is largely seen to be on the side of those who oppose swindling corporations. He has said he isn\u2019t planning on keeping any potential damages from the case, but is partly using it as an opportunity to raise awareness about fake adverts. Facebook\u2019s assertion that it is Lewis\u2019s responsibility to report scams exploiting his image looks absurd. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2018\/apr\/23\/facebook-martin-lewis-scam-ads-online-advertising\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Lewis is right to take on Facebook \u2013 it has too much power | Ellie Mae O\u2019Hagan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As some publishers try to clean up rogue online advertising, the platform has been slow to act on complaints. Time for regulationOne of the ways Facebook has been able to get away with some pretty questionable behaviour over the years is that exploiting users\u2019 data is an abstract problem that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}