Modern Australian

Shadow profiles - Facebook knows about you, even if you're not on Facebook

  • Written by Andrew Quodling, PhD candidate researching governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology

Facebook’s founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg faced two days of grilling before US politicians this week, following concerns over how his company deals with people’s data.

But the data Facebook has on people who are not signed up to the social media giant also came under scrutiny.

During Zuckerberg’s congressional...