Facebook has admitted to lying about the extent of its spying on teenage data using its now-defunct VPN app, and parental consent forms have turned out to be nothing of the sort
Facebook withdrew the application and rode out the storm. Controversy over, right? Wrong.less than 5 percent of the people who chose to participate in this market research program were teens. All of them with signed parental consent forms."
Ironically, last week Facebook finally agreed to launch a clear history function that will please users and annoy advertisers in equal measure. It was seen as a step in the right direction. The company clearly wants to get ahead of the issues - to an extent. Its challenge is that so many of the issues are tightly integrated into its business model.
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