Facebook Have Been Paying Teens For Access To Their Data

Richard Bradbury | Jeff Sandhu | Christine Wong

31-Jan-19 12:00

Facebook Have Been Paying Teens For Access To Their Data

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Facebook has run a program to collect intimate user data from paid volunteers for the past three years, according to a new report. Techcrunch reported that the company has been paying people ages as young as 13 years old as much as $20 a month in exchange for an app called Facebook Research on iOs or Android.

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