Facebook hit back at press reports this week that highlighted a deep network of privileged data-sharing partnerships between the social media company and other large organisations.
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Facebook photo API bug exposed users’ unpublished photos
It affected up to 6.8 million users and up to 1,500 apps. “We’re sorry this happened,” said Facebook with what must be acute apology fatigue.
Twitter fixes bug that lets unauthorized apps get access to DMs
“You authorise it – whereupon it promptly leaks to the world all your sexts, inappropriate jokes, and dank memes. Tragic!” said the researcher.
Facebook has filed patents to predict our future locations
One such use would be to pre-stuff our devices with ads and other content before we wander into a Wi-Fi dead zone.
Google+ to power down early after second security hole found
Google has disclosed the second security hole in its Google+ social network in three months.
Facebook fined $11m for misleading users about how data will be used
They said Facebook emphasizes the service being free, not that it’s making big bucks off users’ data. They ordered the company to apologize.
Facebook staff’s private emails published by fake news inquiry
The cache of seized Facebook documents show how Facebook whitelists certain companies so they can keep lapping up user data.
Could adult content ban spell the end for Tumblr?
#TumblrIsDead? Tumblr is banning adult content in an effort to be safer, better, “more positive”.
Social media scraping app Predictim banned by Facebook and Twitter
We all want a “perfect” babysitter. But can we trust AI to comb through years of social media posts and label people with a “score?”
Facebook bug resurrects ghostly messages from the past
In the latest in a long line of SNAFUs, it seems Facebook has found a new way to inadvertently torment us: resurfacing old chat messages.