Facebook’s new Study app pays adults for data after teen scandal

Facebook close down its Research and Onavo methods after TechCrunch uncovered how the corporate paid youngsters for root get admission to to their telephones to realize marketplace data on competition. Now Facebook is relaun…
Facebook shut down its Research and Onavo programs after TechCrunch exposed how the company paid teenagers for root access to their phones to gain market data on competitors. Now Facebook is relaun…Original article
Author: Josh Constine

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  3. "Facebook plans to challenge Europe’s top court, which today ruled that EU countries can order Facebook to globally remove content that violates local laws". (October 4, 2019)
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  6. "Facebook may make it easier to escape its ranking algorithm and explore the News Feed in different formats". (February 18, 2020)
  7. "Facebook wants more people to know it owns Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus while still maintaining a distinct identity for its main app". (November 4, 2019)
  8. "Despite ongoing public relations crises, Facebook kept growing in Q3 2019, demonstrating that media backlash does not necessarily equate to poor business performance". (October 30, 2019)
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