Mozilla suspends ads on Facebook due to privacy issues

Mozilla said that it should not financially support a platform that is insufficient to protect user privacy. But Mozilla did not completely cut off the connection with Facebook. It said that the ad is “pausing”. If Facebook takes the correct measure, Mozilla will consider returning to Facebook and continue to advertise on this platform.

In a statement posted on the Mozilla blog, Mozilla said that Facebook knows a lot about their 2 billion users, they know everything we click and like on their website, and we know who our closest friends and relationships are. Because of its size, Facebook has become one of the most convenient platforms that all companies and developers have access to, whether it is billions of companies or non-profit organizations.

According to our understanding, in 2014, Facebook began to take measures to restrict developers’ access to friends’ data. This was after Facebook started to establish a relationship with Prof. Aleksandr Kogan of Cambridge University. His decision to share the data he collected from Facebook with Cambridge Analytica. Taking a closer look at Facebook’s current default privacy settings, we find that its current default settings can retain access to large amounts of data, especially third-party applications.

Mozilla is happy that Mark Zuckerberg promised to improve privacy settings and make it more protective. When Facebook takes tougher actions in sharing customer data, especially to enhance the default privacy settings of third-party applications, Mozilla will consider returning.

Source: Mozilla