Facebook revives its mobile data gathering program with a new app

The Next Web
By Ivan MehtaJun 12, 2019, 1:33 am273 pts
Remember when it was revealed in January that Facebook used to pay teens and gather mobile app usage data from them through an app? Well, the company shut that program down after a huge backlash, but the app’s sorta making a comeback. Facebook today announced a new app called Study, that will collect your…

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