Close to 700,000 Facebook users were the unwitting guinea pigs. The research was done to “help marketers understand how people express themselves on Facebook,” the company said, and not to target ads. Think about this: complaints about Facebook’s misappropriation and misuse of personal data now date back more than a decade. Included in the list of promises that Facebook allegedly did not keep: “Facebook promised users that it would not share their personal information with advertisers. But personal users will be doing just that.

Source: thestar March 20, 2018 21:14 UTC