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Facebook lied about its intentions to keep Instagram and WhatsApp user data fully independent, and in that light the FTC is reevaluating its position.
by dessant 5y ago
Facebook lied about its intentions to keep Instagram and WhatsApp user data fully independent, and in that light the FTC is reevaluating its position.
- mgraczyk 5y agoThat isn't true. Did you read the complaint? https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/ecf_75-1_ftc_v_facebook_public_redacted_fac.pdf https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/ecf_75-1_ft... It specifically discusses the 2012 consent order, approved by the FTC, in which it penalized Facebook and allowed future uses consistent with the consent order. It's not relying on that as a basis for reevaluating the legality of the mergers. The complaint does not explicitly describe why the FTC has changed its mind, but the general idea seems to be that over time Facebook has demonstrated a pattern of buying competitors that wasn't apparent to the FTC in 2012 or 2014. It has nothing to do with data per se.
- yalok 5y agodid they really promise that with Instagram? and as for WhatsApp - they do keep that promise, user data is separate.
- josefx 5y agoWasn't there a larger change to the privacy policy of WhatsApp that stated otherwise?
- joecool1029 5y agoYeah, no: https://www.wired.com/2016/08/whatsapp-privacy-facebook/ https://www.wired.com/2016/08/whatsapp-privacy-facebook/ This year they were pushing to expand more data sharing between the platforms, but the profiles have been linked internally by phone number for years now.