Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens, not <5%

as declared in At the time, Facebook claimed that it had removed its Research app from iOS. It turns out that wasn't the only time Facebook deceived the public in its response regarding the Research VPN scandal. Given users age 13 to 35 were eligible for Facebook's Research program, 13 to 18 year olds made of 22 percent of the age range. Warner asked Facebook "Do you think any use reasonable understood Facebook was using this data for commercial purposes includingto track competitors?" Facebook response indicates it never told Research users anything about tracking "competitors", and instead dances around the question. Facebook says the registration process told users the data would help the company "understand how people use mobile apps," "improve .

Facebook uses its apps to track users it thinks could threaten employees and offices

Facebook picked up the threat, pulled the user's data and determined he was in the same country as the office he was targeting. The incident is representative of the steps Facebook takes to keep its offices, executives and employees protected, according to more than a dozen former Facebook employees who spoke with CNBC. Several of the former employees questioned the ethics of Facebook's security strategies, with one of them calling the tactics "very Big Brother-esque." That means that if just 0.01 percent of users make a threat, Facebook is still dealing with 270,000 potential security risks. "Our physical security team exists to keep Facebook employees safe," a Facebook spokesman said in a statement.

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collected by :Roy Mark