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Facebook let Netflix peek into user DMs, explosive court docs claim
Social media giant Meta allegedly allowed Netflix to peek into Facebook users' direct messages, breaking anti-competitive activities and privacy rules, explosive court documents claim.
The social media giant Meta allegedly allowed Netflix to access Facebook users' direct messages for nearly a decade, breaking anti-competitive activities and privacy rules, explosive court documents claim. Full names, phone numbers, locations and birthdays of users who used the platform between 2018 and 2019 were leaked online by a "bad actor" who Meta said exploited a security vulnerability, reports the Daily Mail. That same year, Meta agreed to pay $725 million to settle a security breach case related to Cambridge Analytica, a British social media engineering company.
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