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Meta accused of ‘massive, illegal’ data collection operation by European consumer rights groups. | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
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Meta accused of ‘massive, illegal’ data collection operation by European consumer rights groups. | CNN Business::European consumer rights groups are accusing Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, of carrying out a “massive” and “illegal” operation of collecting data from hundreds of millions of its users in the region.

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[–] wewbull 1 points 11 months ago

Did you actively put a list of everyone you know and their phone numbers, maybe real world addresses on to any meta site? I guarantee they have it. Even if you know they took that data, I'm sure they've used it in ways you didn't intend.