Remember this viral tweet from Netflix we told you about yesterday where they denied the claim in the New York Times story on Facebook and privacy that said the movie streaming company had accessed users’ direct messages?
It turns out the statement, “We’re not the type to slide into your DMs” was a total lie and the company had to admit later that they did use this information. From the New York Times:
“Netflix said it didn’t have access to Facebook messages, but Facebook documents show Netflix had the ability to do just that. Netflix then acknowledged that it did access personal messages, but only for sending and receiving movie and TV recommendations.”
Netflix said it didn’t have access to Facebook messages, but Facebook documents show Netflix had the ability to do just that. Netflix then acknowledged that it did access personal messages, but only for sending and receiving movie and TV recommendations. https://t.co/d1UjN1nMj3 pic.twitter.com/iixiUa9O8Y
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 20, 2018
BUSTED:
"We didn't slide into your DMs, except for when we did" https://t.co/hG3ybsTESo
— let Polly do the printing (@ajaromano) December 20, 2018
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Caught. #PRFail. https://t.co/fBp2W9WErn
— Peter Himler (@PeterHimler) December 20, 2018
If you can’t trust the person tweeting for Netflix, who can you trust?
Trust nothing and no one, I swear… https://t.co/yTk4hp3Vza
— Nicole Hernandez (@NRHSJax) December 20, 2018
Nobody's coming out of this clean https://t.co/hJkQBHM2xs
— Mark Berman (@markberman) December 20, 2018
Reminder: NEVER TWEET:
"huh wow netflix's social media team fucked up"
*several hours later*
"never mind the entire damn company fucked up?"
— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) December 20, 2018
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