Facebook will pay a whole $40,000 to users who sniff out the next Cambridge Anlaytica

Get this crazy coincidence, guys!

On the same day that Mark Zuckerberg is headed to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers ahead of his congressional testimony, Facebook announced a new initiative for rooting out external abusers of the Facebook platform and users' data. Whoa! 

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Facebook introduced a "Data Abuse Bounty" program on Monday. It will offer up to $40,000 to vigilante Facebook sleuths who find "a company that violates our Terms of Services in a manner that creates a privacy risk." Essentially, Facebook is harnessing the power of its users to find the next Cambridge Analytica — before it blows up into a month-long, Congressional testimony-prompting, #DeleteFacebook-inspiring mess. What a commitment to data privacy Facebook's showing these days! Read more...

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