Consider the Following: Is Facebook acting ethically by making billions off your personal information?

In 2018, Facebook reported $55.8 billion in revenue and saw its total number of active users reach 2.32 billion people. While investors in the company are quite happy with the results, there are a growing number of critics who contend that much of Facebook's advertising revenue is a direct result of Facebook using its users' personal information to sell to advertisers who create targeted ads based on users' browser history, likes, recommendations, and other information.

Do you think people are aware of the amount of personal information being collected by Facebook? Will awareness hurt the company's business model? Why or why not?

Do you think it's ethical for Facebook to collect and sell personal information of its roughly 2.7 billion users? Why or why not?

Facebook originally stated it would not combine the personal information from Facebook and Instagram to create even more detailed user profiles. After a brief period, Facebook have gone back on their word and started to combine user profiles. Is this ethical? Why or why not?