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deepl.com translation (original in attachment)

Facebook has allowed access to private conversations

WEB A report from the "New York Times" revealed that the social network has shared its users' data for the benefit of web giants.

Facebook's black year is not over. Bogged down in multiple scandals, the social network was trying yesterday to minimize the scope of new charges, after an investigation by the New York Times. "For years, Facebook has given some of the world's largest technology companies more intusive access to users' personal data than it has allowed," the daily wrote. The group reportedly provided some 150 companies with private data such as private messaging, names of friends of their customers or some of their publications.

A Facebook official assured that none of these partnerships had given these firms access to information without the consent of individuals, nor violated the 2012 agreement with the US Competition Authority (FTC). Yet, the "New York Times" claims that Facebook has allowed the search engine Bing (Microsoft) to see the names of its users' friends without their consent. He also claims that Netflix and Spotify were able to read private messages. Amazon was able to get names and contacts through friends, and Yahoo was able to view the data published on Facebook pages. According to the "NYT", the agreements concluded in 2010 with the partners remained active until the end of 2017 and for some until the beginning of 2018. -AFP

Call for boycott
In a letter to Facebook's boss, some 30 civil rights, ethnic and religious minority associations are demanding that he resign as chair of the board of directors or that the group apologize to all organizations targeted by Definers Public Affairs. This firm hired by Facebook was accused of spreading false information in an attempt to discredit several groups critical of the social network.

Picture's label: Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has to deal with scandals.