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Facebook tries to explain Netflix and Spotify's messaging access

In response to the latest data sharing exposé from the New York Times, Facebook has sounded off about one particular aspect many people focused on: read/write access to private messages granted to partners like Netflix and Spotify.

However, the initial lack of clarity on what they meant, whether users understood what they agreed to, and how it was all audited is part of the reason why the company is running dry on trust and benefit of the doubt when it needs that the most.

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