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Facebook admits that it allowed Netflix and Spotify to access your private messages

#Facebook admitted it allowed #Netflix and #Spotify to access people's private messages. That's after a bombshell New York Times report which detailed how companies such as Spotify, Netflix, Amazon, and Yandex potentially had access to user data as late as 2017. Facebook said it allowed other companies to access people's private messages so they could use its messaging features through other apps. Facebook said it found no evidence of companies abusing their access. But it's still a shocking revelation since most people assume only they have access to their private messages on Facebook and other platforms. Facebook has admitted that it allowed external companies, namely Spotify and Netflix, to access millions of people's private messages. Responding to a bombshell New York Times report on how Facebook shares user data with partners, the company acknowledged it had given third-party companies extensive access to messages. It said this was so people cou