This is an embarrassing leak for Facebook. According to internal documents revealed by the American media, Vice has difficulty managing the vast amount of personal data of its users. Concretely, this report written by engineers in charge of privacy protection within the Facebook Ad team was sent to the leaders of the Tech giant.
A lack of control over personal data, according to Facebook engineers
They explain how Facebook can respond to requests from regulators for greater privacy measures for Internet users' information. However, and according to the company's own researchers, the platform lacks control and will have great difficulty responding to these requests.
«We do not have an adequate level of control over how our systems use data, and therefore cannot confidently make controlled policy changes or external commitments such as 'we will not use the data for a purpose Y», Explain the authors. They add: “And yet, this is exactly what regulators expect of us, increasing our risk of errors and misrepresentations.»
Worse still, Facebook is having a hard time seeing clearly in this pile of data which means that user information, third parties, and even certain more sensitive elements are all stored together. Strongly questioned by these revelations, a Facebook spokesperson completely denied these accusations and indicated that the Tech giant is complying with the authorities' requests.
This information is in any case embarrassing for Facebook which had already been affected bya series of very embarrassing leaksat the end of last year. They notably concerned its moderation policy, its algorithm, or even the harmful consequences of Instagram among certain teenage girls.
