37 votes

Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy

1 comment

  1. DFGdanger
    Link
    This article was updated with comment from Meta Not that I will take them at their word on everything, but this just sounds...more realistic than the claim in the headline.

    This article was updated with comment from Meta

    When reached for comment, a Meta spokesperson declined to comment on specific questions, including why Meta ended Facebook Watch. However, the company rep again denied claims that Facebook let Netflix read its users' private messages. The spokesperson said Facebook's agreement with Netflix only "allowed people to message their friends on Facebook about what they were watching on Netflix, directly from the Netflix app" and that Meta's "confident the facts will show this complaint is meritless."

    Not that I will take them at their word on everything, but this just sounds...more realistic than the claim in the headline.

    10 votes