Leaked documents from a civil suit against Facebook show how the social network aimed to employ user data as a tool for bargaining and to manipulate competitors. | AFP
They show, for example, how Amazon received special data access after purchasing advertising on Facebook, while an app called MessageMe was denied data after growing so large it became a competitor, NBC reported.
The lawsuit was filed by a now-defunct startup called Six4Three, which created a failed app called Pikinis. The suit accuses Facebook of abusing its power over user data, although most of the documents filed in the case have been sealed by a judge at Facebook’s request.Facebook has been adamant that “documents Six4Three gathered for this baseless case are only part of the story and are presented in a way that is very misleading without additional context.”
Up to 87 million users potentially had their data hijacked by political consulting group Cambridge Analytica, which was working for Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.Pentagon Challenges Amazon over Cloud Deal
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