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“...suggest that Facebook brokered special data deals with companies like the Royal Bank of Canada and Amazon.” wired.com/story/facebook…
“The Pikinis app let people access strangers' bikini photos, using the same feature that enabled a political firm called Cambridge Analytica to misappropriate the data of tens of millions of Americans without their knowledge.”
“...the filing mentions—but doesn't quote from—an email from April 30, 2015, in which a Facebook employee confirms that a Chrysler/Fiat app was white-listed for extended access.”
“...Facebook’s negotiations for a trademark held by the dating app Tinder. According to the filing, a Facebook employee asked for the trademark in return for access to two new APIs...”
“...may have had special access to data, including Lyft, Airbnb, GoDaddy, and Netflix.
GoDaddy says no such deal existed. Netflix and Airbnb also told WIRED that they did not receive an extension. Facebook says all of them transitioned to the new API by the end of May 2015.”
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