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In the summer of 2017, I asked Facebook if it used signals from "third parties such as data brokers" for friend recommendations. Kicking myself for not recognizing the evasion in their answer.
1. FB's answer via email
2 What the NYT found out about PYMK in internal FB docs
1. FB's answer via email
2 What the NYT found out about PYMK in internal FB docs
Facebook's continuing purposeful evasion to explaining how People You May Know works is infuriating. Thank god for leakers and lawsuits. (And thank you for the shout-out to my reporting, NYT.)
Oh and, duh, a link to the NYT. It's a wild story that you should definitely read. nytimes.com/2018/12/18/tec…
