Facebook shuts down third-party advertiser access in wake of Cambridge Analytica scandal
Facebook has this morning announced it will discontinue its partner categories program which enables third-party data providers such as Experian, Acxiom and Quantium to target the social media service’s users.
The move comes as the social media giant battles privacy concerns in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal which saw Facebook Australia’s boss Wil Easton apologise to advertisers earlier this week.
Zuckerberg’s latest announcement made The Guardian’s relationship “even more complicated”
Interesting PR angle. The issue FB are facing is over their own data. What they have just done is stop external data collected by third parties (also a concern for consumers but not the real issue in regards to FB). It’s a distraction when the real concern is the internal data that FB collect.
Facebook will always collect personal data & you agree to this when you sign up to an account but most people won’t actually read the Terms & Conditions. Facebook is protecting you from external data theft by implementing this. I can also promise you that there are other companies which know a lot more about you than Facebook ever does.