Re:50M Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica i...
by frankzinger on Sunday March 18, 2018 @12:27AM
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> Isn’t harvesting data prohibited by Facebook TOS?
Facebook gives companies access to the data (e.g., "for research") but they're not allowed to sell or provide that data to third parties (which is what these people did).
Facebook gives companies access to the data (e.g., "for research") but they're not allowed to sell or provide that data to third parties (which is what these people did).