Why librarians are up in arms against LinkedIn.
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The flap is the latest example of the perception gap between big tech companies and the people who use them, as lawmakers and regulators alike scrutinize Big Tech's growing power. Unlike other social media companies, particularly Facebook,Company spokeswoman Andrea Roberts told CNBC that LinkedIn met with its largest library customers to validate the change before moving forward and that 67% of library customers have decided to renew their subscriptions.
Librarians said the company told them users can toggle the privacy settings after they sign up, but that's not good enough for some of them. "These new accounts will be subject to an artificial intelligence tool that determines if a person is a real user," Berman added. Bourne said she's particularly upset by the the lack of dialogue from LinkedIn because its headquarters is based in the same region as her library and its patrons.
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