Apple Versus Facebook

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 6, 2018

Siva Vaidhyanathan, professor of media studies and director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia, and Baratunde Thurston, futurist comedian, writer, and activist, talk about Facebook's data-sharing policy with device makers and Apple's attempt to differentiate its privacy policies from Facebook's, and personal data exposure online...and what to do about it.

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