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The article "Privacy and Facebook" by Rebecca Mackinnon, there wasn't much accuracy or citing any sources.Mackinnon's essay was apart of her book Consent of the Networked in 2012, so with not much accuracy or any citing from other sources and it being apart of Mackinnons' book, there isn't much credibility there either. Due to Mackinnon not stating any facts from outside sources, she mentions the Green Movement several times, so the objectivity is a mix of personal feelings along with justifiable substance. Mackinnon's book is not up to date, as it was published back in 2012, and a lot of privacy settings have been changed in Facebook since. The comprehensiveness in her essay is short, as there is little evidence from other sources, but you can still understand what she is trying to convey. She doesn't seem to have much authority to write about a subject like this, and most of the evidence she is using is mainly feelings towards the issue, or from the Green Movement.
Nicholas Thompson who wrote "Bigger Brother: The Exponential Law of Privacy Loss" has very little accuracy in his article, as he doesn't reference any outside sources but he does mention the F.T.C. quite a few times for Facebook. Thompson mentions that Facebook and F.T.C. has made a deal about the company can no longer ask us about privacy. Thompson's article was published in USA Today, which is a credible editorials. The article is not influenced by any personal feelings, and Thompson brings up the creator of Farmville, Zynga, who's game collects 15 terabytes of information from users. Though, this article was written and published in December of 2011, so it is a little bit out of date, as privacy settings and game data have drastically changed since then. Thompson seems to comprehend the issue, and does go into depth with two examples of how privacy settings can hold an issue for the user and that their information is being shared without them knowing. Thompson does have more authority then Mackinnon, as he was able to take some information from F.C.T. and bring other examples of privacy issues into his article to make his claim stronger.