Leaked Facebook records belie public push for user privacy


The leaked records include internal Facebook emails and memos that were filed under seal in state court in California as part of a lawsuit brought by an aggrieved Silicon Valley app developer. — AFP

Facebook Inc’s struggle to regain trust over how it handles user data got more complicated with the release of a trove of internal documents suggesting business considerations outweighed the privacy concerns the company publicly touted when it decided five years ago to cut off tens of thousands of developers from its platform.

The company’s “Switcharoo Plan”, a nickname bestowed by a Facebook employee in an email, was revealed in thousands of pages of sealed court records described Nov 6 in a report by Reuters and posted online by NBC News.

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