Msft and Sony were part of the smallish group of big tech co's that had special API access, which FB essentially ended in Dec. FB says the fact that these 2 were still lurking around was an oversight of its own. Sigh. https://t.co/u826yCQBD8

— Ingrid (@ingridlunden) July 24, 2019

Does anyone else think it's perfect that tucked into the FTC/Facebook news is Facebook's acknowledgement of a newly discovered privacy hole? https://t.co/sTchb0k9lV

— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) July 24, 2019

“Maybe a Netflix doc could be more punitive to Facebook than this settlement,” says @profcarroll https://t.co/600qMRJ93Y

— Natasha (@riptari) July 24, 2019

#Facebook settles with FTC: $5 billion and new privacy guarantees https://t.co/ciTFIJ8TLV

Facebook: “It will mark a sharper turn toward #privacy, on a different scale than anything we’ve done in the past.”
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Translation: “Blah, blah, blah, whateva. We do what we wanna.”#Tech

— Marco Ciappelli (@MarcoCiappelli) July 24, 2019

페이스북, FTC와 50억 달러 벌금 및 새로운 사생활 보장과 함께 합의해. 이 합의안, FTC 위원들의 투표에서 3-2로 승인받아. 페이스북의 50억 달러 벌금, 전세계적으로 가장 큰 규모. 벌금 외에 페이스북, 사생활 보호 위해 새로운 위원회 결성할 것. https://t.co/lQkf35YWuR

— Wan Ki Choi (@wkchoi) July 24, 2019

Facebook ends Microsoft, Sony access to friend data https://t.co/vblWAWrklF

— ✖ TommyATX ✖ (@TommyMackATX) July 24, 2019

"How long has Facebook known about this, and why did it decide to disclose it today?" https://t.co/G3qK0toLjH any notification to a SA @AEPD_es @APD_GBA @CNIL @CNPD_Luxembourg @DPCIreland @Datainspektion @toezicht_AP @UODOgov_pl ? https://t.co/1Ocog8nHhr #EUdataP #privacy #GDPR

— Cellular (@Cellular_PP) July 24, 2019

"how long has Facebook known about this, and why did it decide to disclose it today?"@ingridlunden on TechCrunch: https://t.co/ga4VqUHmI5

— Wolfie Christl (@WolfieChristl) July 24, 2019

"Recently, a third party alerted us to a bug, which led us to investigate and find that …our codebase had enabled continued data access for some of these partners… Microsoft and Sony, continued to access limited types of friends data"

That's new, right? https://t.co/OvgVP31GxN

— Wolfie Christl (@WolfieChristl) July 24, 2019

Does anyone else think it's perfect that tucked into the FTC/Facebook news is Facebook's acknowledgement of a newly discovered privacy hole? https://t.co/sTchb0k9lV

— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) July 24, 2019

Facebook ahora te va a cuidar | Cleaning Up Data Access for Partners ? https://t.co/CRICyFVzPo

— Daniel Monastersky (@identidadrobada) July 24, 2019

.@Facebook announced that it would end user data access by Microsoft Corp and Sony Corp as a first step under its FTC settlement. https://t.co/sjfGnNW9et

— Adam Levin (@Adam_K_Levin) July 24, 2019

Tied to the @FTC's $5 billion fine yesterday, @facebook announced it will cut off access to friend data for @Microsoft and @Sony to improve #dataprotection. https://t.co/dPtGVWEOQs pic.twitter.com/1tUp2upQ5R

— Access Now (@accessnow) July 25, 2019

Facebook announced today that it’s finally tightening another string in its privacy policy by cutting off access to friend data for Microsoft and Sony.https://t.co/1oo6ZjFsXz pic.twitter.com/66q9aZiPzR

— AlternativeTo (@AlternativeTo) July 24, 2019

"we’ve been reviewing the ways in which we enabled people to share data with outside companies"
Facebook's phrasing is a textbook for the illusion of the empowered user who has the autonomy+power to decide+ choose despite this being completely the platform https://t.co/9lf2XhqzWB

— ? Pinkeee ? (@Elinor_Carmi) July 24, 2019

100 Million USD to SEC https://t.co/wirDBEKOGO
5 Billion USD to FTC https://t.co/4Sjtm25cm2
Facebook "Cleaning Up Data Access for Partners" https://t.co/jjtCDRVt9u
The Great Hack (Netflix Documentary) https://t.co/7DhK4nJMU0

all these happened today
Date: July 24, 2019

— Karan Ganesan (@karanganesan) July 24, 2019