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The Netherlands’ data watchdog recommended that the government not use Facebook to communicate with the public if it is unclear what happens to users’ personal data. Aleid Wolfsen, chairman of the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens or Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP), said in a statement released last week that people rely on the government and use social media platforms like Facebook to communicate with it. He said that government organisations should not use such platforms for communication if they do not know what is happening with people’s data. Donald Trump calls Meta’s Facebook ‘enemy of th…

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