{"id":8746,"date":"2017-03-23T15:30:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T15:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devopsonline.co.uk\/?p=8746"},"modified":"2017-03-23T15:30:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T15:30:39","slug":"facebook-bans-developers-from-using-data-for-surveillance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devopsnews.online\/facebook-bans-developers-from-using-data-for-surveillance\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook bans developers from using data for surveillance"},"content":{"rendered":"
Facebook and Instagram have now introduced a privacy protocol and put an immediate ban on developers using their data for surveillance purposes.<\/p>\n
This protocol was implemented due to previous attempts by certain police forces using social media to track individuals who were involved in recent protests across the globe. The attempts caused huge uproar amongst those who were involved as their details were then exposed.<\/p>\n
Facebook, the parent company of Instagram, has now changed its policies regarding the matter on both social networking sites.<\/p>\n