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Crimson Hexagon suspended as concerns surface over companys federal contracts and ties to Russia and Turkey
Facebook has suspended a social media analytics firm from accessing user data while it investigates potential violations of its policy barring surveillance.
The firm, Crimson Hexagon, boasts an impressive list of blue chip clients and claims to have collected more than 1tn public social media posts from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, and other sources. It uses artificial intelligence and image analysis to monitor social media and provide customers with insights into public sentiment about their brands.
But the company had its access to the Facebook and Instagram APIs shut off Friday after the Wall Street Journal queried Facebook about Crimson Hexagons contracts with the US government, a Russian not-for-profit with ties to the Kremlin, and the Turkish government.
We dont allow developers to build surveillance tools using information from Facebook or Instagram. We take these allegations seriously, and we have suspended these apps while we investigate, said a Facebook spokesman.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/20/facebook-crimson-hexagon-analytics-data-surveillance
Bull shit................Facebook your a day and a corrupt day short.....................you fucking knew, just like you knew about this...................
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210903328
I hate Facebook.......................
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/20/facebook-pledge-to-eliminate-false-information-is-itself-fake-news
FakeNoose
(32,620 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Both names give off an Ivy League "vibe". Coincidence? No, they're both the same scumbags...
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Sure looks and feels that way.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)My family chided me when I refused to set up an account. I explained to them I was concerned with the potential for abuse. They said I was paranoid. It would be unkind of me to remind them, I told you so.
Wednesdays
(17,339 posts)However, NO one else I know has changed their behavior. Even my most ardent liberal friends. It looks like Facebook will go on, completely unscathed.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)With that said my logon is still there but my account must be restored in order to access FB.
LIke I said i've been gone for months. truly and deeply hate Facehook