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Beacon formed part of Facebook's advertisement system that sent data from external websites to Facebook, for the purpose of allowing targeted advertisements and allowing users to share their activities with their friends. Beacon reported to Facebook on Facebook's members' activities on third-party sites that also participated with Beacon.
Facebook gathers user information by keeping track of pages users have "Liked" and through the interactions users have with their connections. [310] They then create value from the gathered data by selling it. [310] In 2009 users also filed a lawsuit for Facebook's privacy invasion through the Facebook Beacon system.
Lane vs. Facebook was a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California regarding internet privacy and social media. [1] In December 2007, Facebook launched Beacon, which resulted in users' private information being posted on Facebook without the users' consent.
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In 2022, more than one million Facebook users in Illinois received checks following a $650 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging the social media company violated residents' rights ...
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The Facebook Bluetooth Beacon is a hardware beacon released by Facebook in 2015. The beacon uses a bluetooth connection to communicate with the Facebook app on the user's smartphone, informing it of the phone's location. [1] The technology allows location-specific advertising to be pushed to the user's Facebook feed. [1] In June 2015, Facebook ...