"Research Cannot Be the Justification for Compromising People’s Privacy" https://about.fb.com/news/2021/08/research-cannot-be-the-justification-for-compromising

"Research Cannot Be the Justification for Compromising People’s Privacy" https://about.fb.com/news/2021/08/research-cannot-be-the-justification-for-compromising-peoples-privacy/ https://about.fb.com/news/2021/08/research-cannot-be-the-jus... "The researchers [at NYU's Ad Observatory] gathered data by creating a browser extension that was programmed to evade our detection systems and scrape data such as usernames, ads, links to user profiles and “Why am I seeing this ad?” information, some of which is not publicly-viewable on Facebook. The extension also collected data about Facebook users who did not install it or consent to the collection. The researchers had previously archived this information in a now offline, publicly-available database. "