Sen. Hawley Airs Privacy Concern After Bombshell Facebook Report
“So much for privacy,” Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., tweeted Tuesday in response to an NBC News report that Facebook allegedly leveraged user data as a “bargaining chip” against competitors. Six4Three, creators of the Pikinis app, “cherry picked” documents cited in…
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the story, a Facebook spokesperson said. The app developer sued Facebook in 2015 over the company’s plan to end access to certain types of user data. “The documents were selectively leaked as part of what the court found was evidence of a crime or fraud to publish some, but not all, of the internal discussions at Facebook at the time of our platform changes,” the spokesperson said. “But the facts are clear: we've never sold people’s data.” The report confirms Facebook used data control to undermine competitors, Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., tweeted, saying this pattern of “thuggish behavior” merits an FTC antitrust investigation. Digital Content Next CEO Jason Kint said it would be a “disgrace not to open up antitrust investigation” against Facebook.