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Irish regulator investigates Facebook over private photo glitch

By Arjun Panchadar and Angela Moon

Dec 17 2018 6:36AM

May have exposed private photos of up to 6.8 million users.

Irish regulator investigates Facebook over private photo glitch

An Irish regulator said on Friday it was investigating Facebook Inc following the company's disclosure that a bug may have exposed private photos of up to 6.8 million users, the latest in a series of Facebook privacy glitches. The Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), the lead regulator of ...

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