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Facebook mulled charging for access to user data - Tech News
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said it considered charging application makers to access data at the social network. "To be clear, Facebook has never sold anyone's data," director of developer platforms and programs Konstantinos Papamiltiadis said in response to an AFP inquiry. The application enabled users to find Facebook pictures of people in bathing suits, taking advantage of an API feature that let apps access the data of social network users as well as their friends. The suit accuses Facebook of abusing its power over user data. Some emails indicated Facebook employees discussed providing increased access of user information to advertisers in return for spending more money on the social network, according to the WSJ.Facebook staff discussed selling API access to apps in 2012-2014
referring to Facebook decided against selling access to the API, and did not strike a deal with Tinder or other companies, including Amazon and Royal Bank of Canada mentioned in employee emails. If the ideas were seriously considered by high-ranking executives, especially CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the revelation could contradict the company's long-running philosophy on not selling data access. An employee emailed others about the possibility of removing platform API access "in one-go to all apps that don't spend… at least $250k a year to maintain access to the data," the document shows. Facebook clarified to TechCrunch that these discussions were regarding API access, and not selling data directly to businesses. A half decade-later, with the world's will turned against Facebook, the discussions of selling data access couldn't come at a worse time for the company.collected by :Roy Mark
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