Which Social Media Platform Can We Trust?

Everyone is looking for a new social media home, but who can you trust with your data? And why should you care?

Big Tech Memory-Holing Private Data!
https://defendingidaho.org/articles/20/big-tech-memory-holing-private-data

How the CIA made Google
https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/how-the-cia-made-google-e836451a959e

“Just Be Evil” – The History Google Doesn’t Want You To Know
https://www.corbettreport.com/just-be-evil-the-history-google-doesnt-want-you-to-know/

Meet In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s Venture Capital Firm
https://www.corbettreport.com/meet-in-q-tel-the-cias-venture-capital-firm-preview/

The Weird DARPA/Facebook “Coincidence” You Never Heard About
https://www.corbettreport.com/the-weird-darpa-facebook-coincidence-you-never-heard-about/

The mass exodus from social media platforms and where to go.
https://www.facebook.com/miste.gardner/videos/10158657719071006/

Candid Homepage (Archived)
https://web.archive.org/web/20160901112128/http://becandid.com/

Candid (app)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candid_(app)

The Candid App: Social Media 2.0
https://kmeshan.wordpress.com/2016/09/15/the-candid-app/

Online Cheating Site AshleyMadison Hacked
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/online-cheating-site-ashleymadison-hacked/

Government Officials Caught Up in Ashley Madison Hack
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/government-officials-caught-ashley-madison-hack

Ashley Madison: Two women explain how hack changed their lives
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34072762

Does Candid want to Sue Mark Kern Because he Didn't Like their App?
https://www.ragefor.com/2016/10/does-candid-ceo-want-to-sue-mark-kern.html

Google vet's new Candid app for anonymous sharing puts trolls in their place
https://www.cnet.com/news/google-vet-launches-anonymous-sharing-app-candid/

The Candid App: Social Media 2.0
https://kmeshan.wordpress.com/2016/09/15/the-candid-app/

How A 'Hater Free' Social Network Became A Haven For Trolls
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zarastone/2016/08/16/teen-selfie-roast-on-silicon-valleys-supportive-social-network/?sh=65371bfb65f9

PostIntelligence AI Makes Social Media More Efficient
https://www.alistdaily.com/social/postintelligence-ai-makes-social-media-efficient/

AI startup Abacus goes live with commercial deep learning service, takes $13M Series A financing
https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-startup-abacus-goes-live-with-commercial-deep-learning-service-takes-13m-series-a-financing/

Bindu Reddy, co-founder and CEO at RealityEngines, is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise
https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/29/bindu-reddy-co-founder-and-ceo-at-reality-engines-is-coming-to-techcrunch-sessions-enterprise/

Further Research:

What is an IP address and what can it reveal about you?
https://www.businessinsider.com/ip-address-what-they-can-reveal-about-you-2015-5

IP Address: Your Internet Identity
https://web.archive.org/web/20201023213440/https://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/ntiahome/privacy/files/smith.htm

I was one of Facebook's first users. I shouldn't have trusted Mark Zuckerberg
NOTE: Language Warning
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/17/facebook-people-first-ever-mark-zuckerberg-harvard