For most of its users the usefulness of this social media site outweighs the risks, but as well as deliberately sharing the data it harvests on them for cash, Facebook also has an obvious political agenda, in particular to support Globalists (like Jacinda) and oppose the anti-Globalist movement. Story and video on the BBC website.
US regulators have approved a record $5 billion ($NZ 7.5 billion) fine on Facebook to settle an investigation into data privacy violations, reports in US media say.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been investigating allegations that political consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly obtained the data of up to 87 million Facebook users.
The settlement was approved by the FTC in a 3-2 vote, sources told US media.
Facebook and the FTC told the BBC they had no comment on the reports.