Internal Facebook documents released by a U.K. parliamentary committee offer the clearest evidence yet that the social network has used its enormous trove of user data as a competitive weapon, often in ways designed to keep its users in the dark. In other documents, company executives discussed how they were keeping the company’s collection and exploitation of user data from its users. The company’s critics said the new revelations reinforced their concerns over what users actually know about how Facebook treats their data. Collins said the emails raise important issues, particularly around the use of the data of Facebook users. It also said Facebook knew that an update to its Android mobile app phone system — which allowed the Facebook app to hoover up user call logs and text messages — would be controversial.

Source: National Post December 05, 2018 20:26 UTC