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In August 2007 the code used to generate Facebook's home and search page as visitors browse the site was accidentally made public. [6] [7] A configuration problem on a Facebook server caused the PHP code to be displayed instead of the web page the code should have created, raising concerns about how secure private data on the site was.
The company's electricity usage, [16] tax avoidance, [17] real-name user requirement policies, [18] censorship policies, [19] [20] handling of user data, [21] and its involvement in the United States PRISM surveillance program and Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal have been highlighted by the media and by critics.
Facebook is transformed from a public space to a behavioral laboratory," says the study, which cites a Harvard-based research project of 1,700 college-based Facebook users in which it became possible to "deanonymize parts of the data set," or cross-reference anonymous data to make student identification possible. [92]
Facebook owner Meta has opened up more about the amount of bullying and harassment on its platforms amid pressure to increase transparency. The tech giant revealed the prevalence of bullying and ...
Facebook and Meta Platforms have been criticized for their management of various content on posts, photos and entire groups and profiles. This includes but is not limited to allowing violent content, including content related to war crimes, and not limiting the spread of fake news and COVID-19 misinformation on their platform, as well as allowing incitement of violence against multiple groups.
Wired, The New York Times, and The Observer reported that the data-set had included information on 50 million Facebook users. [35] [36] While Cambridge Analytica claimed it had only collected 30 million Facebook user profiles, [37] Facebook later confirmed that it actually had data on potentially over 87 million users, [38] with 70.6 million of those people from the United States. [39]
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained the company's broad policy updates — which also included abandoning their third-party fact-checking program — in a video posted to Instagram on Jan. 7 ...
The Federal Trade Commission is steadily expanding the scope of what it can do for privacy.