Facebook Verified Apps Weren’t So Verified
When the Federal Trade Commission announced Friday that its privacy settlement with Facebook was finalized, one of the conditions mentioned in last November’s agreement was the social network’s December 2009 shuttering of its verified applications program. The Guardian offered more details on why the verified apps program was scrapped.
When the Federal Trade Commission announced Friday that its privacy settlement with Facebook was finalized, one of the conditions mentioned in last November’s agreement was the social network’s December 2009 shuttering of its verified applications program. The Guardian offered more details on why the verified apps program was scrapped.
According to the FTC investigation, as reported by The Guardian, the only verifying that went on in Facebook’s verified apps program was the exchanging of cash, as apps were given the green check mark after their developers paid the social network $375 ($175 for students or nonprofit organizations), and no testing was ever done.
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