Facebook ‘Surveilled’ Users’ Texts and Pictures, Exploited Data: Lawsuit
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Calif. case alleges social network listened in on calls, tracked locations, and threatened to cut off data to firms that didn’t buy mobile ads.
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A lawsuit filed by a California startup alleges that Mark Zuckerberg effectively “weaponized” data in order to keep business booming, and Facebook practiced mass surveillance—including seeking to read text messages and gather data about those not on the network, The Guardian reported.
