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Data privacy row: Mozilla suspends advertising on Facebook's platform

Mozilla said it would consider returning to Facebook if the company strengthens its default privacy settings for third party apps

Cambridge Analytica’s London office. A Latin American mobile app, Pig.gi, which Cambridge Analytica had hoped to use to mine data for Mexican presidential campaigns, has severed ties with the embattled political-advertising firm. Photo: Reuters
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Cambridge Analytica’s London office. A Latin American mobile app, Pig.gi, which Cambridge Analytica had hoped to use to mine data for Mexican presidential campaigns, has severed ties with the embattled political-advertising firm. Photo: Reuters

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Internet company Mozilla Corp said on Wednesday it was suspending advertising on Facebook Inc's social media platform on concerns of data privacy.

The decision follows allegations that a political consultancy gained inappropriate access to data on 50 million Facebook users to build profiles on American voters that were later used to help elect US President Donald Trump in 2016.

“We found that its (Facebook) current default settings leave access open to a lot of data — particularly with respect to settings for third party apps,” Mozilla said in a blog post. 

On late Wednesday, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologized for the company's