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Re:Facebook accused of striking 'secret deals over user data' by arayh on Thursday December 06, 2018 @03:47PM (#18622051)
This seems like retaliation for Twitter blocking Instagram from using its API (after Facebook recently acquired Instagram in 2012).

(Source: https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189340/twitter-blocks-in...)

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Re:Facebook accused of striking 'secret deals over user data' by spullara on Thursday December 06, 2018 @06:03PM (#18623363)
Facebook had blocked Twitter from accessing their API in 2010.
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Re:Facebook accused of striking 'secret deals over user data' by mehrdadn on Thursday December 06, 2018 @03:57PM (#18622158)
Did Twitter shut down everyone's access to that API, or just Facebook's?
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