More turmoil for user privacy in social media

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Few debates rage more fiercely in the social media world than the one around user privacy. While that subject is obviously fraught on a larger scale, companies in the social network sphere are some of the first to be cited for lacking privacy standards. Facebook receives ongoing flack for its sub-par privacy parameters, which, granted, the company has worked to change over the years. Recently, Snapchat — the “disappearing photo” application — has come under fire for misleading users as to how their data is stored, and for user photos leaking to other sources (although the company affirms that the leaks have been a product of third-party app usage).

Source: blogs.blouinnews.com

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