Apple says Facebook can no longer distribute an app that paid users, including teenagers, to extensively track their phone and web use. The tech blog TechCrunch reported late Tuesday that Facebook paid users about $20 US ($26) a month to use the Facebook Research app. Facebook says fewer than 5 per cent of the app's users were teens and they had parental permission. App store circumventedAccording to TechCrunch, Facebook sidestepped Apple's app store and its tighter rules on privacy. Apple says Facebook was using a distribution mechanism meant for company employees, not outsiders, so Apple has revoked that capability.

Source: CBC News January 30, 2019 20:29 UTC