The United States further pressure well-known enterprises to dissolve cooperation media: face book days are not good
Reference News Network March 28 foreign media reported that the U.S. government officials on 26 user data processing problem to increase the face book (Facebook Inc.) put pressure on the federal regulators are investigating the social media giant's privacy policy, in addition to the 37 state attorneys general requirements of Facebook on the company's practices to explain.
According to the Wall Street journal in March 27th, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) suggests in a statement that it will carry out a comprehensive survey of Facebook. Parr, a senior official at FTC, said the Committee has attached great importance to recent reports, which have raised serious concerns about Facebook practices in privacy issues.
In addition, a bipartisan organization composed of the state attorney general sent a letter to Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, which asked the company to answer a series of questions about its user information processing policies and practices. The letter said that the Attorney General of the States was deeply worried about the reports that the external agencies would have access to their information without the consent of Facebook users.
The reports say the federal and state actions have further enhanced the call for new legislation on Facebook and other Internet giants. Before that, another committee of the US Congress asked Zuckerberg to testify on the above user data of Facebook, which is the third congressional committee that required the company to testify. Facebook has previously disclosed that an external company has unproperly acquired and retained user information.
Analysts say that recent events may affect the company's business, because users will reduce their stay time on the platform, and the company will also limit its way of using user data, thereby weakening the effect of its advertising targeting tools.
The Wall Street journal also reported in March 27th that Facebook said that the company recorded some calls and records of Android smartphone users, all of them equipped with simplified letter application or simplified version Facebook application.
Facebook announced to an online statement said on the 25 day, when Android mobile phone users to mobile phone mail list and Messenger or Facebook Lite application when pairing, the call and Jane will be recorded in history.
Facebook calls this a optional feature that can help users "find and keep in touch with the people you care about." The company said, upload mail list information to use Facebook such as when dial telephone or send and receive information such as Jane, but the company has never sold these data, will not see Jane or the content of the call.
According to the German voice radio website in March 24th, the days of face books have become more and more difficult. In the context of the data scandal, the first batch of companies began to say goodbye to the social network. At the same time, the initiator "Cambridge analysis" was searched by the authorities.
SpaceX and electric car maker Tesla have frozen their accounts on Facebook, the report said. Musk, the billionaire who controls SpaceX and Tesla, has previously announced a decision.
Before that, the German commercial bank and the Internet Co Mozilla have discontinued their advertising on Facebook because of a data scandal.
A few days ago, it was reported that the information of 50 million Facebook users could be used by the British consulting company "Cambridge analysis" for illegal use.
After a few days of silence, Zuckerberg, the president of Facebook and founder of the company, said that his company had made a mistake. In an interview with CNN, he admitted that this was a serious breach of trust, and that it was "really very regrettable".
Previously, a British court ordered a search for the "Cambridge analysis" of the London headquarters, the report said. About 18 British data protection agency staff searched the office in the evening of March 23rd, according to the British media.
It is reported that the "Cambridge analysis" was meant to help Trump win the U.S. presidential election in 2016 through large data assessments. The consulting company is suspected of using unjustifiable techniques in the Internet to build up Trump, affecting the voting intentions of millions of voters. Here, the use of illegal means of Facebook data has played an important role.


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